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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 Klamath Falls (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 Klamath Falls. 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 and hospitals 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.

Klamath Falls is located in Klamath County and is the County Seat.

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 Klamath County: Modoc (CA), Siskiyou (CA), Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Lake & Lane.

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

  • Klamath County     (The home county of Klamath Falls)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Klamath Falls, with the one closest to Klamath Falls listed first.
    • Pelican City
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pelican City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pelican City
      • Pelican City is located in Klamath County
    • Altamont
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
      • Altamont is located in Klamath County
    • Oretech
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Terminal City
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terminal City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terminal City
      • Terminal City is located in Klamath County
    • Pine Grove
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
      • Pine Grove is located in Klamath County
    • Midland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Keno
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Dairy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Worden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worden
      • Worden is located in Klamath County
    • Merrill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • White Lake City ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Lake City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake City
      • White Lake City is located in Klamath County
    • Bonanza
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonanza have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
      • Bonanza is located in Klamath County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bonanza <2>
    • Sprague River
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Modoc County (CA)
    • Stronghold
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stronghold
      • Stronghold is located in Modoc County (CA)
  • Siskiyou County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Klamath Falls, with the one closest to Klamath Falls listed first.
    • Dorris
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorris
      • Dorris is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 896 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dorris <2>
    • Tulelake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Somerset
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
      • Somerset is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
    • Macdoel
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Klamath Falls ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Klamath Falls.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Klamath Falls. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Klamath Falls and those printed in the larger area surrounding Klamath Falls.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3> of Klamath Falls.

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 Klamath Falls:

Cemeteries Near Klamath Falls ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Klamath Falls.

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 Klamath Falls covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Linkville Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Klamath Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Klamath Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Klamath Memorial Park
  • Eternal Hills Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery
  • Hibbert Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hibbert Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hibbert Cemetery
  • Gabriel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gabriel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gabriel Cemetery
  • Mt. Laki Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Keno Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Keno Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Keno Cemetery
  • Worden Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Worden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Worden Cemetery
  • Spencer Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spencer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spencer Cemetery
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
  • Merrill IOOF Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Merrill Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bedfield Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bedfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bedfield Cemetery
    • David Hill Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the David Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the David Hill Cemetery

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.<5>

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

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

  • Olene
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olene have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olene
    • Olene is located in Klamath County
  • Plevna ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plevna have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plevna
    • Plevna is located in Klamath County
  • Keno
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Dairy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Hildebrand
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hildebrand have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hildebrand
    • Hildebrand is located in Klamath County
  • Bonanza
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonanza have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
    • Bonanza is located in Klamath County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 432 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bonanza <2>
  • Beswick
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beswick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beswick
    • Beswick is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
  • Klamath Agency
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Klamath Agency have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klamath Agency
    • Klamath Agency is located in Klamath County
  • Haynesville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynesville
    • Haynesville is located in Klamath County

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

The official website for Klamath Falls: www.ci.klamath-falls.or.us/

The official website for Klamath County: www.co.klamath.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Klamath Falls) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Klamath Falls. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2281, Longitude: -121.7780    
<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.
<5>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 Klamath Falls, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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