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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 Siletz (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 Siletz. 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 doctors 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.

Siletz 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 Siletz. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Siletz:

  • Lincoln County     (The home county of Siletz)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Siletz, with the one closest to Siletz listed first.
    • Logsden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Toledo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Pioneer City ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Pioneer City is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer City
    • Elk City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Elk City is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
    • Newport Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Newport Heights is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Heights
    • Otter Rock
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Newport
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Depoe Bay
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Eddyville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • South Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Yaquina
      (9 miles [14.5 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
    • Lincoln Beach
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Siletz, with the one closest to Siletz listed first.
    • Summit
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Summit is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
    • Blodgett
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Kings Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Wren
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Wren is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
    • Alsea
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Flynn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Flynn is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
    • Philomath
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Polk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Siletz, with the one closest to Siletz listed first.
    • Valsetz ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Valsetz is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valsetz
    • Falls City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Bridgeport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Bridgeport is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Grand Ronde
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Airlie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Airlie is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
    • Lewisville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Lewisville is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
  • Tillamook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Siletz, with the one closest to Siletz listed first.
    • Neskowin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Dolph ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Dolph is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolph
    • Bellwood ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Bellwood is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellwood
    • Oretown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Oretown is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oretown

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

Cemeteries Near Siletz ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Siletz.

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

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

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

  • Paul Washington Indian Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Toledo Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • 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.
  • Elk City Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Chitwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Eureka Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Eddy Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Wigle Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Eddyville Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Nortons Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Glenwood Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Josephine Young Memorial Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (41 more) ...
    • Taft Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Fern Ridge Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Harlan Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Yaquina
    (9 miles [14.5 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
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Summit is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
  • Blodgett
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hoskins
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Hoskins is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoskins
  • Kings Valley
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Harris
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Harris is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Wren
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Wren is located in Benton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
  • Falls City
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Neskowin
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Grand Ronde
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Dolph ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Dolph is located in Tillamook County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolph
  • Alsea
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Airlie
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Airlie is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airlie
    • Lewisville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Lewisville is located in Polk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
    • Meda
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Meda is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meda

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Siletz ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Siletz.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Siletz. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Siletz and those printed in the larger area surrounding Siletz.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Siletz.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Siletz:

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 Siletz, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Siletz) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.