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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 Redwood (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 Redwood. 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 hospitals 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.

Redwood is located in Josephine 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 Josephine County: Del Norte (CA), Siskiyou (CA), Curry, Douglas & Jackson.

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

  • Josephine County     (The home county of Redwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redwood, with the one closest to Redwood listed first.
    • Grants Pass
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • New Hope
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • New Hope is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Fruitdale
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Fruitdale is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
    • Wilderville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Murphy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Merlin
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Three Pines
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Three Pines is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Pines
    • Hugo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Hugo is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
    • Placer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Placer is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placer
    • Sunny Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Galice
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Galice is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galice
    • Williams
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Leland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Leland is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redwood, with the one closest to Redwood listed first.
    • Glendale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Azalea
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Jackson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Redwood, with the one closest to Redwood listed first.
    • Rogue River
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Provolt
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Provolt is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provolt
    • Rock Point ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Rock Point is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
    • Wimer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Wimer is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimer
    • Applegate
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Gold Hill
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Sams Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
    • Ruch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jacksonville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Central Point
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Spikenard ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Spikenard is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spikenard
    • Buncom
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Buncom is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncom
    • Sterlingville ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sterlingville is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville

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

Cemeteries Near Redwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Redwood.

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

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

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

  • Hawthorne Memorial Gardens Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Granite Hill Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Sloan Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Wilderville Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Tokay Heights Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Hillcrest Memorial Park
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ferrydale Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Woodville Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Missouri Flat Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Foots Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Gotcher Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (36 more) ...
    • Sparlin Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Deer Creek Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Selma Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 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.<2>

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

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

  • Grants Pass
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Wilderville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Murphy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Merlin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Williams
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Draper ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Draper is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
  • Rock Point ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Rock Point is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
  • Wimer
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Wimer is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimer
  • Leland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Leland is located in Josephine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
  • Applegate
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Gold Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Wolf Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Kerby
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Tolo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Tolo is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolo
    • Sams Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley

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

Newspapers Published in Redwood ...

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 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around Redwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Redwood, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Redwood.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Redwood:

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>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 Redwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 from Point A (ie- Redwood) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.