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Introduction ...

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

We've added Lakeport to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lakeport, 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 Lakeport (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 Lakeport. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Lakeport is historic, it would have been located within present day Curry 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 Curry County: Del Norte (CA), Coos, Douglas & Josephine.

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

  • Curry County     (The home county of Lakeport)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lakeport, with the one closest to Lakeport listed first.
    • Denmark
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Denmark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
      • Denmark is located in Curry County
    • Langlois
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sixes
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Port Orford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Ophir
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Nesika Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesika Beach
      • Nesika Beach is located in Curry County
  • Coos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lakeport, with the one closest to Lakeport listed first.
    • Twomile
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twomile
      • Twomile is located in Coos County
    • Bandon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Parkersburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parkersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkersburg
      • Parkersburg is located in Coos County
    • Broadbent
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Arago
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
      • Arago is located in Coos County
    • Powers
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powers have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
      • Powers is located in Coos County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 685 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Powers <3>
    • Myrtle Point
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Norway
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bancroft
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bancroft. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Bancroft is located in Coos County
    • Coquille
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Gravelford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravelford
      • Gravelford is located in Coos County
    • Bridge
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge
      • Bridge is located in Coos County
    • Coos City ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coos City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coos City
      • Coos City is located in Coos County

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

Cemeteries Near Lakeport ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakeport.

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

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

  • Denmark Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Cape Blanco Pioneer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cape Blanco Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cape Blanco Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cape Blanco Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hughes Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38927 <5>
  • Ocean View Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ocean View Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Ocean View Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • The Ocean View Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Oceanview Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39230 <5>
  • Buffington Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Buffington Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Buffington Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tichenor Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tichenor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tichenor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39490 <5>
  • Port Orford Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Huckleberry Knoll Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Huckleberry Knoll Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Huckleberry Knoll Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38925 <5>
  • Catching Creek Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Bandon.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1590744 <5>
  • Knights of Pythias Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Averill Pioneer Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2187515 <5>
  • Continue List   (44 more) ...
    • Haines Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haines Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haines Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2282131 <5>
    • Bear Creek Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bear Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bear Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38566 <5>
    • Dement Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 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.

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

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

  • Denmark
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Denmark. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denmark
    • Denmark is located in Curry County
  • Langlois
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Port Orford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Bandon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Eckley ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eckley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
    • Eckley is located in Curry County
  • Parkersburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parkersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkersburg
    • Parkersburg is located in Coos County
  • Randolph
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
    • Randolph is located in Coos County
  • Etelka ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Etelka have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etelka
    • Etelka is located in Coos County
  • Arago
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago
    • Arago is located in Coos County
  • Riverton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
    • Riverton is located in Coos County
  • Myrtle Point
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Norway
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Ophir
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Bancroft
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bancroft. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Bancroft is located in Coos County
    • Coquille
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Lakeport ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakeport.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Lakeport. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Lakeport and those printed in the larger area surrounding Lakeport.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<6> of Lakeport.

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 Lakeport:

The official website for Curry County: www.co.curry.or.us/

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

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 Lakeport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<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>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- Lakeport) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lakeport. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9040, Longitude: -124.4971       In this case, the coordinates for Lakeport have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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