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 Richland (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 Richland. 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 southeast 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 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.
Richland is located in Baker 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 Baker County: Adams (ID), Grant, Malheur, Union, Wallowa & Washington.
Below are the counties that are near Richland. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Richland:
- Baker County (The home county of Richland)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- New Bridge
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Bridge is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Robinette ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Robinette is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette
- Halfway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jimtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jimtown is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Sparta ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Cornucopia ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cornucopia is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
- Durkee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Oxbow
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Weatherby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weatherby is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Keating
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Keating is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
- Homestead ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Homestead is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Lime ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lime is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
- Union County
- Medical Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Medical Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medical Springs
- Washington County (ID)
- The following are listed by their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Cambridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Midvale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Richland, see our County-by-County Page for Richland.
Cemeteries Near Richland ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richland.
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 Richland - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richland covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Eagle Valley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Pine Haven Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Haven Cemetery
- The Pine Haven Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pine Creek Cemetery
- Pine Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39273 <2>
- Sparta Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Goose Creek Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Creek Cemetery
- The Goose Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Keating Cemetery
- Lower Powder Cemetery
- Love Family Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hibbard Creek Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbard Creek Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hibbard Creek Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the east of Weatherby.
- The Hibbard Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hibbard Creek Pioneer Cemetery
- Home Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171605 <2>
- Durkee Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Copperfield - Homestead Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lime - Dixie Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Valley Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Valley Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the southeast of Baker City.
- The Pleasant Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Alder Creek Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2252750 <2>
- Rye Valley Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rye Valley Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Rye Valley.
- The Rye Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rye Valley Road Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39369 <2>
- Cambridge Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Big Creek Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dunham Wright Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
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 Richland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Richland.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Richland, with the one closest to Richland listed first.
- Sparta ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Conner Creek ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Conner Creek is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Creek
- Mineral
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mineral is located in Washington County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Cornucopia ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cornucopia is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
- Durkee
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Weatherby
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Weatherby is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Pleasant Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Encina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Encina is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encina
- Salubria
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salubria is located in Washington County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salubria
- Medical Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Medical Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medical Springs
- Huntington
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Richland. See our List of 1890's Communities around Richland.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Richland ...
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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richland.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Richland. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Richland and those printed in the larger area surrounding Richland.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Richland.
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 Richland:
- Websites specific to Oregon
- Pages specific to Baker County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Union County
- Washington County
- 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Richland) 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 Richland, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |