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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 Pioneer (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 Pioneer. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Pioneer is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Benton, Lane, Polk & Tillamook.

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

  • Lincoln County     (The home county of Pioneer)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer, with the one closest to Pioneer listed first.
    • Pioneer City ‑ Historic
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Pioneer City is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer City
    • Elk City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Elk City is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
    • Toledo
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Eddyville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Siletz
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Logsden
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Yaquina
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Yaquina is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaquina
      • Yaquina has also been known as:
      • Yaquina City
    • Newport Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Newport Heights is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Heights
    • Newport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • South Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Otter Rock
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Depoe Bay
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer, with the one closest to Pioneer listed first.
    • Summit
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Summit is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
    • Blodgett
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Kings Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Wren
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Wren is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
    • Alsea
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Flynn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Flynn is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
    • Philomath
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Corvallis
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Lewisburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Lewisburg is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pioneer, with the one closest to Pioneer listed first.
    • Valsetz ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Valsetz is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valsetz
    • Falls City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Airlie
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Airlie is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
    • Lewisville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Lewisville is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
    • Bridgeport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Bridgeport is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport

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

Cemeteries Near Pioneer ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pioneer.

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 Pioneer - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Elk City Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Chitwood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Toledo Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Toledo Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Toledo.
  • Eddyville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Eddy Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Paul Washington Indian Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Nortons Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Wigle Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Eureka Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Glenwood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Harlan Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (51 more) ...
    • Leslie Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Mulkey Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Fern Ridge Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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 Pioneer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pioneer.

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

  • Yaquina
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Yaquina is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaquina
    • Yaquina has also been known as:
    • Yaquina City
  • Summit
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Summit is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
  • Blodgett
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Hoskins
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Hoskins is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskins
  • Harris
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Harris is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Kings Valley
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Alsea
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Wren
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Wren is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
  • Philomath
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Falls City
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Airlie
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Airlie is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
  • Lewisville
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Lewisville is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
  • Corvallis
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Simpson
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Simpson is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson

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

Newspapers Published in Pioneer ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pioneer.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pioneer, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pioneer.

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 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 Pioneer:

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 Pioneer, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Pioneer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.