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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 North Highland (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 North Highland. 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 North Highland ...

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 North Highland: N. Highland

You might be interested in other communities that are also named North Highland. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for North Highland.

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 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.

North Highland is located in Clackamas 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 Clackamas County: Hood River, Marion, Multnomah, Wasco, Washington & Yamhill.

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

  • Clackamas County     (The home county of North Highland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
    • Highland
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Highland is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • Springwater
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Springwater is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwater
    • Estacada
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Currinsville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Currinsville is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currinsville
    • Colton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Beavercreek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Eagle Creek
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Carus
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Carus is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carus
    • Mulino
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • George
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • George is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
    • Liberal
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Liberal is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
    • Carver
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
    • Aurora
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Scotts Mills
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Butteville Station ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Butteville Station is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butteville Station
    • Hubbard
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Butteville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Butteville is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butteville
    • Donald
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • McKee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • McKee is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee
    • Mount Angel
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Downs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Downs is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
    • Champoeg ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Champoeg is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champoeg
    • Woodburn
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Silverton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Multnomah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
    • Powell Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Powell Valley is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Valley
    • Gresham
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Gresham is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,031 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gresham <1>
    • Milwaukie
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hazelwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Hazelwood is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
    • Rockwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Rockwood is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
    • Woodstock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Woodstock is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
    • Fairview
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Russellville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Russellville is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
    • Troutdale
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Wood Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Fulton ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Fulton is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Corbett
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Washington County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
    • Durham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Durham is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,908 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Durham <1>
    • King City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Metzger
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Metzger is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metzger
    • Tigard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Tigard is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tigard
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,049 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tigard <1>
    • Progress
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Progress is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
    • Middleton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Middleton is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
    • Sherwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Raleigh Hills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Raleigh Hills is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Hills
    • West Slope
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • West Slope is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Slope
    • Beaverton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Hills
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Kinton ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kinton is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinton
  • Yamhill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
    • Newberg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Dundee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Clark County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
    • Washougal
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Camas
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Camas is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camas
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,981 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camas <1>
    • Fisher
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Fisher is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
    • Cascade Park East
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Cascade Park West
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Cascade Park West is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Park West
    • Fern Prairie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Fern Prairie is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Prairie
    • Sunnyside
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Sunnyside is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Mill Plain
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Mill Plain is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Plain
    • Proebstel
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Proebstel is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proebstel
    • Vancouver
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Five Corners
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Five Corners is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
    • Minnehaha
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Minnehaha is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minnehaha
  • Skamania County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Highland, with the one closest to North Highland listed first.
    • Cruzatt
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Cruzatt is located in Skamania County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruzatt
    • Skamania
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Skamania is located in Skamania County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skamania

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

Cemeteries Near North Highland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Highland.

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 North Highland - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Highland Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Highland.
    • The Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fellows Cemetery
    • Highland Fellows Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2236228 <2>
  • Springwater Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Viola Pioneer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Clarkes Pioneer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Bonney Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Mt. Home Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Redland Pioneer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Estacada Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Philip E. Linn Pioneer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philip E. Linn Pioneer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Philip E. Linn Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Estacada.
    • The Philip E. Linn Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wade Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987380 <2>
  • Sprague Family Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Moehnke Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (169 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 North Highland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of North Highland.

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

  • Highland
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Highland is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Viola
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Viola is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
  • Springwater
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Springwater is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwater
  • Clarkes
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarkes is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkes
  • Currinsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Currinsville is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currinsville
  • Logan
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Logan is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
  • Eagle Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Carus
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Carus is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carus
  • Mulino
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Union Mills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Mills is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Mills
  • George
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • George is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
  • Dover
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Dover is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Park Place
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Park Place is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Place
    • Oregon City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Macksburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Macksburg is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksburg

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

Newspapers Published in North Highland ...

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 64 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Highland.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Highland, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Highland.

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 professional and volunteer 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 North Highland:

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 North Highland, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- North Highland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.