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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 Ripplebrook (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 Ripplebrook. 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 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.

Ripplebrook is located in Clackamas 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 Clackamas County: Hood River, Marion, Multnomah, Wasco, Washington & Yamhill.

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

  • Clackamas County     (The home county of Ripplebrook)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ripplebrook, with the one closest to Ripplebrook listed first.
    • George
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • George is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
    • Rhododendron
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Welches
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Zigzag
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Springwater
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Springwater is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwater
    • Mount Hood Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Mount Hood Village is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hood Village
    • Dover
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Dover is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Brightwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Government Camp
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Estacada
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Colton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Currinsville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Currinsville is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currinsville
    • Glen Avon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Glen Avon is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Avon
  • Linn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ripplebrook, with the one closest to Ripplebrook listed first.
    • Idanha
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • New Idanha
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Gates
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ripplebrook, with the one closest to Ripplebrook listed first.
    • Detroit
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Scotts Mills
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Ripplebrook ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ripplebrook.

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

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

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

  • George Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Scheel Family Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Home Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Springwater Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Bonney Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Colton Lutheran Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Cherryville Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Summit Meadows Pioneer Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Meadows Pioneer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Summit Meadows Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Government Camp.
    • The Summit Meadows Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Summit Meadows Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39467 <2>
  • Philip E. Linn Pioneer Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philip E. Linn Pioneer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Philip E. Linn Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Estacada.
    • The Philip E. Linn Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wade Memorial Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1987380 <2>
  • Estacada Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Pioneer Womans Grave
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (35 more) ...
    • Gibson Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Currin Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Highland Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Highland.
      • The Highland Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Fellows Cemetery
      • Highland Fellows Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2236228 <2>

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

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

  • George
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • George is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George
  • Springwater
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Springwater is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springwater
  • Dover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Dover is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Salmon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Salmon is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
  • Cherryville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Cherryville is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryville
  • Currinsville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Currinsville is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currinsville
  • Highland
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Highland is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
  • Marmot
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Clarkes
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarkes is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkes
  • Viola
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Viola is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
  • Detroit
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Sandy
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandy is located in Clackamas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,566 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy <1>
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Eagle Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Molalla
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Logan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Logan is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan

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

Newspapers Published in Ripplebrook ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ripplebrook.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ripplebrook, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ripplebrook.

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 either 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 Ripplebrook:

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 Ripplebrook, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ripplebrook) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.