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 King Cole (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 King Cole. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
King Cole is located in Klamath 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 Klamath County: Modoc (CA), Siskiyou (CA), Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Lake & Lane.
Below are the counties that are near King Cole. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to King Cole:
- Klamath County (The home county of King Cole)
- The following are listed by their distance from King Cole, with the one closest to King Cole listed first.
- Keno
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Plevna ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Plevna is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Worden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Worden is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
- Midland
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Klamath Falls
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pelican City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Pelican City is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican City
- Terminal City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Terminal City is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminal City
- Altamont
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Altamont is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Oretech
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from King Cole, with the one closest to King Cole listed first.
- Shale City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Shale City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City
- Colestin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Colestin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colestin
- Ashland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Talent
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Phoenix
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Siskiyou County (CA)
- The following are listed by their distance from King Cole, with the one closest to King Cole listed first.
- Beswick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Beswick is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beswick
- Bogus ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bogus is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus
- Dorris
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ager
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ager is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ager
- Hornbrook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Somerset
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Somerset is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
- Macdoel
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hebron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hebron is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hebron
- Little Shasta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Little Shasta is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Shasta
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to King Cole, see our County-by-County Page for King Cole.
Cemeteries Near King Cole ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of King Cole.
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 King Cole - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for King Cole covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from King Cole, with the one closest to King Cole listed first.
- Pinehurst Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Way Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Way Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Way Cemetery is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southwest of Keno.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39545 <2>
- Spencer Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Keno Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Picard Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hill Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hill Dunn Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Worden Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Wells Family Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Henley - Hornbrook Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Creek Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Scenic Hills Memorial Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Mountain View Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Klamath Memorial Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
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.<4>
While we didn't find King Cole in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of King Cole.
These communities are listed based on their distance from King Cole, with the one closest to King Cole listed first.
- Beswick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Beswick is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beswick
- Bogus ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bogus is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogus
- Keno
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Plevna ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Plevna is located in Klamath County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
- Steinman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Steinman is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steinman
- Barron ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Barron is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barron
- Gregory
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gregory is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gregory
- Colestin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Colestin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colestin
- Hornbrook
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ager
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ager is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ager
- Henley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Henley is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henley
- Ashland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Mount Hebron
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hebron is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hebron
- Lakecreek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lakecreek is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakecreek
- Talent
(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 King Cole. See our List of 1890's Communities around King Cole.
Newspapers Published in King Cole ...
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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around King Cole.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of King Cole, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for King Cole.
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 professional and volunteer 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 King Cole:
- Websites specific to Oregon
- Pages specific to Klamath County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jackson County
- Siskiyou County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oregon
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 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- King Cole) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 King Cole, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |