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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 Lewisville (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 Lewisville. 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 hospitals and 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.

Lewisville is located in Polk 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 Polk County: Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Tillamook & Yamhill.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Lewisville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lewisville.

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

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

  • Montgomery Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Montgomery Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Montgomery Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Williams Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hart Riggs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hart Riggs Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hart Riggs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Taylor Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taylor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Butler Davidson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butler Davidson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Butler Davidson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fircrest Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Smith Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Smith Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Smith Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hubbard Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hubbard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hubbard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Edwards Pioneer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwards Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edwards Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pedee Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pedee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pedee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Womer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Womer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Womer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Falls City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Falls City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Falls City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (165 more) ...
    • Falls City Odd Fellows Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Falls City Odd Fellows Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Falls City Odd Fellows Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Schrag Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schrag Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schrag Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Cemetery Hill Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cemetery Hill Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cemetery Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lewisville had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Airlie
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Simpson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simpson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
    • Simpson is located in Polk County
  • Falls City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kings Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Suver
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Suver have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suver
    • Suver is located in Polk County
  • Monmouth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Independence
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cochrane ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cochrane have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrane
    • Cochrane is located in Polk County
  • Hoskins
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoskins have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskins
    • Hoskins is located in Benton County
  • Wellsdale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellsdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsdale
    • Wellsdale is located in Benton County
  • Buena Vista
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Dallas
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Lewisville ...

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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lewisville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lewisville, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lewisville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Lewisville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lewisville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.or.us/

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

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>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>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.
<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 Lewisville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lewisville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lewisville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.7886, Longitude: -123.3450       In this case, the coordinates for Lewisville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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