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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 Nehalem Junction (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 Nehalem Junction. 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 Nehalem Junction ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Nehalem Junction: Nehalem Jct. (or less commonly used: Nehalem Jctn.)

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.

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 hospitals and 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.

Nehalem Junction is located in Tillamook 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 Tillamook County: Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln, Polk, Washington & Yamhill.

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

  • Tillamook County     (The home county of Nehalem Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nehalem Junction, with the one closest to Nehalem Junction listed first.
    • Wheeler
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Nehalem
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Foss
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Foss is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foss
    • Manzanita
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Nedonna Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Nedonna Beach is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nedonna Beach
    • Rockaway Beach
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Twin Rocks
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Twin Rocks is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rocks
    • Barview
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Garibaldi
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hobsonville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Hobsonville is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobsonville
    • Bay City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Bayocean ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Bayocean is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayocean
  • Clatsop County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nehalem Junction, with the one closest to Nehalem Junction listed first.
    • Arch Cape
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Tolovana Park
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Cannon Beach
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Seaside
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Vinemaple
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Vinemaple is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemaple
    • Gearhart
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Jewell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jewell is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
    • Chadwell ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Chadwell is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwell
  • Columbia County
    • Keasey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Keasey is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keasey
  • Washington County

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

Cemeteries Near Nehalem Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nehalem Junction.

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 Nehalem Junction - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Nehalem Junction covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Bay City IOOF Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Hamlet Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Trout Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Tillamook IOOF Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Trask Fairview Pioneer Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trask Fairview Pioneer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Trask Fairview Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Fairview.
    • The Trask Fairview Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fairview Pioneer Cemetery
    • Trask Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2162492 <2>
  • Sunny Hill Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Grave Of The Unknown Sailor
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...

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.<3>

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

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

  • Nehalem
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Hobsonville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hobsonville is located in Tillamook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobsonville
  • Bay City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Barnegat ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Barnegat is located in Tillamook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnegat
  • Cannon Beach
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Tillamook
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Netarts
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Vinemaple
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Vinemaple is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemaple
  • Seaside
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Jewell
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jewell is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
  • Melville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Melville is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
  • Chadwell ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Chadwell is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwell
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Keasey
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Keasey is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keasey
    • Olney
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Olney is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
    • Beaver
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Nehalem Junction ...

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 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nehalem Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nehalem Junction, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nehalem Junction.

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 Nehalem Junction:

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>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 Nehalem Junction, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Nehalem Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.