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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 Lonerock (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 Lonerock. 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.

Name Variations for Lonerock ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

Another variation: Lone Rock.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

A Few Details for Lonerock ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

  • Lonerock was founded in 1881.
  • It was incorporated in 1901.

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.

Lonerock is located in Gilliam 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 Gilliam County: Morrow, Sherman, Wasco, Wheeler & Klickitat (WA).

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

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

Cemeteries Near Lonerock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lonerock.

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

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

  • Lonerock Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lonerock Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lonerock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lost Valley Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lost Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lost Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hardman IOOF Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hardman IOOF Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hardman IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Papersack Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Hardman Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hardman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hardman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Winlock Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Gooseberry Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gooseberry Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gooseberry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Junkins Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Junkins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Junkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Valby Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valby Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mayville Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masonic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Haystack Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Haystack Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Haystack Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Fossil IOOF Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fossil IOOF Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fossil IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • 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.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • King of Peace Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the King of Peace Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the King of Peace 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, Lonerock had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Lonerock had a population of 22 people.

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

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

Newspapers Published in Lonerock ...

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 23 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lonerock.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lonerock, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lonerock.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Lonerock:

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

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 Lonerock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lonerock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lonerock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.0891, Longitude: -119.8834    









 

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