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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 Nehalem (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. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 is located in Tillamook 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 Tillamook County: Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln, Polk, Washington & Yamhill.

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

  • Tillamook County     (The home county of Nehalem)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nehalem, with the one closest to Nehalem listed first.
    • Manzanita
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manzanita have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanita
      • Manzanita is located in Tillamook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 670 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manzanita <2>
    • Wheeler
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheeler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
      • Wheeler is located in Tillamook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 446 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wheeler <2>
    • Foss
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foss
      • Foss is located in Tillamook County
    • Nedonna Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nedonna Beach
      • Nedonna Beach is located in Tillamook County
    • Rockaway Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Twin Rocks
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Rocks
      • Twin Rocks is located in Tillamook County
    • Barview
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Garibaldi
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garibaldi have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garibaldi
      • Garibaldi is located in Tillamook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 836 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garibaldi <2>
    • Hobsonville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobsonville
      • Hobsonville is located in Tillamook County
    • Bay City
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
      • Bay City is located in Tillamook County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,429 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay City <2>
    • Bayocean ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayocean have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayocean
      • Bayocean is located in Tillamook County
    • Cape Meares
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cape Meares have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Meares
      • Cape Meares is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cape Meares <2>
  • Clatsop County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nehalem, with the one closest to Nehalem listed first.
    • Arch Cape
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tolovana Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Cannon Beach
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Seaside
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Gearhart
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gearhart have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gearhart
      • Gearhart is located in Clatsop County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,644 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gearhart <2>
    • Jewell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
      • Jewell is located in Clatsop County
    • Jeffers Garden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers Garden
      • Jeffers Garden is located in Clatsop County
  • Washington County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Nehalem ...

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.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Nehalem. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Nehalem and those printed in the larger area surrounding Nehalem.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> of Nehalem.

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 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 Nehalem:

Cemeteries Near Nehalem ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nehalem.

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

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

  • Hamlet Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hamlet Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamlet Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2264172 <5>
  • Bay City IOOF Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bay City IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bay City IOOF Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Grave Of The Unknown Sailor
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Trout Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trout Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trout Cemetery
  • Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Tillamook IOOF Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tillamook IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tillamook IOOF Cemetery
  • Sunny Hill Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Trask Fairview Pioneer Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Trask Fairview Pioneer Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • 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 our Gazetteer entry for the Trask Fairview Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2162492 <5>
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
  • Continue List   (7 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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Nehalem had a population of 43 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Nehalem had a population of 303 people.

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

  • Hobsonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobsonville
    • Hobsonville is located in Tillamook County
  • Cannon Beach
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Bay City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
    • Bay City is located in Tillamook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,429 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay City <2>
  • Barnegat ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnegat have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnegat
    • Barnegat is located in Tillamook County
  • Tillamook
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Netarts
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Seaside
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Vinemaple
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vinemaple have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemaple
    • Vinemaple is located in Clatsop County
  • Melville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
    • Melville is located in Clatsop County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Jewell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
      • Jewell is located in Clatsop County
    • Chadwell ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chadwell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwell
      • Chadwell is located in Clatsop County
    • Olney
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olney have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
      • Olney is located in Clatsop County
    • Keasey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keasey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keasey
      • Keasey is located in Columbia County
    • Skipanon ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Skipanon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipanon
      • Skipanon is located in Clatsop County

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

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

The official website for Tillamook County: www.co.tillamook.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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Nehalem) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nehalem. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7177, Longitude: -123.8962    
<4>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.
<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>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, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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