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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Jawbone Flats. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Jawbone Flats to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Jawbone Flats, please Contact Us.

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Jawbone Flats (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Jawbone Flats. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Jawbone Flats ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Jawbone Flats: Jawbone Flts.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Jawbone Flats is historic, it would have been located within present day Marion County.

To see how the shape of Oregon's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Marion County: Benton, Clackamas, Deschutes, Linn, Polk, Wasco & Yamhill.

Below are the counties that are near Jawbone Flats. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Jawbone Flats:

  • Marion County     (The home county of Jawbone Flats)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jawbone Flats, with the one closest to Jawbone Flats listed first.
    • Detroit
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Mehama
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Silver Falls City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Silver Falls City is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Falls City
    • Drake Crossing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Drake Crossing is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake Crossing
    • Scotts Mills
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Sublimity
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Silverton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Stayton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Clackamas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jawbone Flats, with the one closest to Jawbone Flats listed first.
    • Glen Avon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Glen Avon is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Avon
    • Wilhoit
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilhoit is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhoit
    • Molalla
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Colton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Springwater
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Springwater is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwater
    • Highland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Highland is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • George
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • George is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
    • Liberal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Liberal is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
  • Linn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Jawbone Flats, with the one closest to Jawbone Flats listed first.
    • Idanha
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • New Idanha
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Gates
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mill City
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bryant City ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Bryant City is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant City
    • Lyons
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jordan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Jordan is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Jawbone Flats, see our County-by-County Page for Jawbone Flats.

Cemeteries Near Jawbone Flats ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Jawbone Flats.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Jawbone Flats - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Jawbone Flats covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Jawbone Flats, with the one closest to Jawbone Flats listed first.

  • Fairview Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Fox Valley Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Russellville Community Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville Community Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Russellville Community Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the west of Glen Avon.
    • The Russellville Community Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Russellville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39368 <4>
  • Holy Rosary Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • John Shelton Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Colton Lutheran Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Pietrock Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Humphrey Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Bilyeu Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Jordan Catholic Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (31 more) ...
    • Mt. Home Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • John Swallow Grave
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonney Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

While we didn't find Jawbone Flats in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Jawbone Flats.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Jawbone Flats, with the one closest to Jawbone Flats listed first.

  • Niagara
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Niagara is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niagara
  • Detroit
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Gates
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mill City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Fox Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Fox Valley is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Valley
  • Lyons
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Hullt ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Hullt is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hullt
  • Wilhoit
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilhoit is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhoit
  • Molalla
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Jordan
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jordan is located in Linn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
  • Scotts Mills
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Springwater
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Springwater is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwater
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Clarkes
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Clarkes is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkes
    • Marquam
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Marquam is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquam
    • Sublimity
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Jawbone Flats. See our List of 1890's Communities around Jawbone Flats.

Newspapers Published in Jawbone Flats ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 22 newspapers that have been published in the area around Jawbone Flats.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Jawbone Flats, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Jawbone Flats.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Jawbone Flats:

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Jawbone Flats, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Jawbone Flats) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.