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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 Pine Creek (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 Pine Creek. 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 Pine Creek ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Pine Creek: Pine Crk. (or less commonly used: Pine Ck. or Pine Cr.)

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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Pine Creek is located in Baker 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 Baker County: Adams (ID), Grant, Malheur, Union, Wallowa & Washington.

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

  • Baker County     (The home county of Pine Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Creek, with the one closest to Pine Creek listed first.
    • Oxbow
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Homestead ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
      • Homestead is located in Baker County
    • Halfway
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jimtown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
      • Jimtown is located in Baker County
    • Robinette ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinette have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette
      • Robinette is located in Baker County
    • Cornucopia ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
      • Cornucopia is located in Baker County
    • New Bridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
      • New Bridge is located in Baker County
    • Richland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
      • Richland is located in Baker County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland <1>
    • Sparta ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
      • Sparta is located in Baker County
  • Adams County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pine Creek, with the one closest to Pine Creek listed first.
    • Fruitvale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitvale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
      • Fruitvale is located in Adams County (ID)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitvale <1>
    • Tamarack
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Rubicon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
      • Rubicon is located in Adams County (ID)
    • Council
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Council have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
      • Council is located in Adams County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 924 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Council <1>
    • New Meadows
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Meadows
      • New Meadows is located in Adams County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Meadows <1>
    • Meadows
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
      • Meadows is located in Adams County (ID)
    • Mesa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa
      • Mesa is located in Adams County (ID)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesa <1>
  • Washington County (ID)
    • Cambridge
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Pine Creek ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pine Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pine Creek, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pine Creek.

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 Pine Creek:

Cemeteries Near Pine Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pine Creek.

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

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

  • Copperfield - Homestead Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Copperfield - Homestead Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • The Copperfield - Homestead Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Homestead Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Copperfield - Homestead Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38680 <5>
  • Bear Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Haven Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Eagle Valley Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hornet Creek Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Sparta Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Kessler Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Winkler Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
  • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Park Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Cambridge Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Cottonwood Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Goose Creek Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • The Goose Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Keating Cemetery
      • Lower Powder Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Goose Creek Cemetery

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>

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

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

  • Cornucopia ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
    • Cornucopia is located in Baker County
  • Sparta ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
    • Sparta is located in Baker County
  • Mineral
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
    • Mineral is located in Washington County (ID)
  • Salubria
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salubria have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salubria
    • Salubria is located in Washington County (ID)

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

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

The official website for Baker County: www.bakercounty.org/

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>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.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pine Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pine Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9488, Longitude: -116.8785       In this case, the coordinates for Pine Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Pine Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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