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Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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 Junction City (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 Junction City. 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.

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 southeast 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 south.

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 south 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.

Junction City is located in Lane County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lane County: Benton, Deschutes, Douglas, Klamath, Lincoln & Linn.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Junction City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Junction City.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Milliorn Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Milliorn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Milliorn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Caldwell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lancaste - Young Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lancaste - Young Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lancaste - Young Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ferguson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ferguson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ferguson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Resthaven Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resthaven Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Resthaven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rest Lawn Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Danish Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danish Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Danish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jones - Kime - Brown Property Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones - Kime - Brown Property Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones - Kime - Brown Property Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Luper Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Harris Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harris Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Franklin Grange Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Franklin Grange Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Franklin Grange Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Point Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Point Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Point Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
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    • Workman Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Workman Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Workman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Union - Turnbow - Mays Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union - Turnbow - Mays Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union - Turnbow - Mays Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Junction City had a population of 617 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Junction City had a population of 6,211 people.

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

  • Harrisburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Franklin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Irving
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irving have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
    • Irving is located in Lane County
  • Coburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Rowland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rowland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
    • Rowland is located in Linn County
  • Monroe
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Elmira
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Eugene
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Halsey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Long Tom
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Long Tom have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Tom
    • Long Tom is located in Lane County
  • Peoria
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peoria have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Peoria is located in Linn County
  • Springfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
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    • Mohawk
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mohawk have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohawk
      • Mohawk is located in Lane County
    • Crow
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Crow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
      • Crow is located in Lane County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Crow
      • From Junction City to Crow
    • Brownsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Linn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,838 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownsville <1>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Junction City ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Junction City.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Junction City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Junction City and those printed in the larger area surrounding Junction City.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4> of Junction City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Junction City:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Junction City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Junction City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2192, Longitude: -123.2047    
<5>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.
<6>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 Junction City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.