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 Pondosa (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 Pondosa. 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 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.
Pondosa is located in Union 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 Union County: Baker, Grant, Umatilla & Wallowa.
Below are the counties that are near Pondosa. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pondosa:
- Union County (The home county of Pondosa)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pondosa, with the one closest to Pondosa listed first.
- Medical Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Medical Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medical Springs
- North Powder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Lake
- Conley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Conley is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley
- Island City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Island City is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,024 people
- La Grande
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Baker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pondosa, with the one closest to Pondosa listed first.
- Keating
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Keating is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
- Haines
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hutchinson ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Hutchinson is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson
- Sparta ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sparta is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Baker City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Baker City is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,876 people
- Baker City has also been known as:
- Baker
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker City <1>
- Pocahontas ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pocahontas is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
- Cornucopia ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cornucopia is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
- Jimtown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Jimtown is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Auburn ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
- New Bridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- New Bridge is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Halfway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Richland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bourne
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bourne is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourne
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pondosa, see our County-by-County Page for Pondosa.
Cemeteries Near Pondosa ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pondosa.
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 Pondosa - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pondosa covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pondosa, with the one closest to Pondosa listed first.
- Dunham Wright Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Big Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pioneer Cemetery In The Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery In The Park
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pioneer Cemetery In The Park is located 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the southeast of Union.
- Goose Creek Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Creek Cemetery
- The Goose Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Keating Cemetery
- Lower Powder Cemetery
- Haines Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Love Family Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hutchinson Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- St. Francis de Sales Catholic Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Baker City Chinese Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker City Chinese Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Baker City Chinese Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Baker City.
- The Baker City Chinese Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chinese Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2156345 <2>
- Union Victorian Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Creek Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Sparta Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wingville Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cove Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Pondosa in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pondosa.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pondosa, with the one closest to Pondosa listed first.
- Medical Springs
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Medical Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medical Springs
- Telocaset
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Telocaset is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telocaset
- North Powder
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Haines
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Union
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Baker City
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Baker City is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,876 people
- Baker City has also been known as:
- Baker
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker City <1>
- Sparta ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sparta is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Encina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Encina is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encina
- Cove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cornucopia ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Cornucopia is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
- Hot Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hot Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Lake
- Pleasant Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Auburn ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Auburn is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pondosa. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pondosa.
Newspapers Published in Pondosa ...
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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pondosa.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pondosa, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pondosa.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Pondosa:
- Websites specific to Oregon
- Pages specific to Union County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oregon
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pondosa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Pondosa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |