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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 Sodaville (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 Sodaville. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Sodaville is located in Linn County.

To see how the shape of Oregon's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Linn County: Benton, Deschutes, Jefferson, Lane, Marion & Polk.

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

  • Linn County     (The home county of Sodaville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sodaville, with the one closest to Sodaville listed first.
    • Waterloo
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterloo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
      • Waterloo is located in Linn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
    • South Lebanon
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Lebanon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lebanon
      • South Lebanon is located in Linn County
    • Lebanon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Irvinville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Irvinville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvinville
      • Irvinville is located in Linn County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Irvinville
      • From Sodaville to Irvinville
    • Crawfordsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Brownsville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
      • Brownsville is located in Linn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,838 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownsville <2>
    • Lacomb
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Holley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Sweet Home
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Home have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
      • Sweet Home is located in Linn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,021 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweet Home <2>
    • Crabtree
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Foster
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Boston ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
      • Boston is located in Linn County
      • Boston has also been known as:
      • Boston Mills
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Boston
      • From Sodaville to Boston
    • Shedd
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sodaville, with the one closest to Sodaville listed first.
    • North Albany
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Albany have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Albany
      • North Albany is located in Benton County
    • Lewisburg
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Corvallis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Jennyopolis ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Adair Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adair Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adair Village
      • Adair Village is located in Benton County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 872 people
    • Bellfountain Junction
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Monroe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Philomath
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Flynn
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Wren
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wren. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
      • Wren is located in Benton County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Wren
      • From Sodaville to Wren
  • Lane County
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sodaville, with the one closest to Sodaville listed first.
    • Jefferson
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Marion
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Santiam City ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santiam City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiam City
      • Santiam City is located in Marion County
    • West Stayton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Stayton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stayton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton
      • Stayton is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,256 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stayton <2>
    • Aumsville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Sublimity
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sublimity have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity
      • Sublimity is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,784 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sublimity <2>
    • Mehama
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Turner
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
      • Turner is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,130 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turner <2>
    • Silver Falls City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Falls City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Falls City
      • Silver Falls City is located in Marion County
    • Macleay
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Macleay. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macleay
      • Macleay is located in Marion County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Macleay
      • From Sodaville to Macleay
  • Polk County

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

Cemeteries Near Sodaville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sodaville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Klum Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Klum Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Klum Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Linn Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Linn Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Linn Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dodge Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dodge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dodge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Claypool Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Claypool Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Claypool Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Masonic Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Masonic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Masonic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • James Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the James Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the James Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bellinger Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bellinger Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bellinger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Liberty Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Berlin Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Berlin Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Berlin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sand Ridge Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sand Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sand Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (139 more) ...
    • Brownsville Pioneer Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brownsville Pioneer Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brownsville Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Pleasant Butte Baptist Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Butte Baptist Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Butte Baptist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Finley Pioneer Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Sodaville had a population of 66 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Sodaville had a population of 346 people.

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

  • Waterloo
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waterloo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
    • Waterloo is located in Linn County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
  • Lebanon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Irvinville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Irvinville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvinville
    • Irvinville is located in Linn County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Irvinville
    • From Sodaville to Irvinville
  • Tallman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tallman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallman
    • Tallman is located in Linn County
  • Plainview
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
    • Plainview is located in Linn County
  • Brownsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Brownsville is located in Linn County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,838 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brownsville <2>
  • Crawfordsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Spicer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spicer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer
    • Spicer is located in Linn County
  • Holley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sweet Home
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweet Home have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
    • Sweet Home is located in Linn County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,021 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sweet Home <2>
  • Lacomb
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Crabtree
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Fry
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fry have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
      • Fry is located in Linn County
    • Tangent
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tangent have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangent
      • Tangent is located in Linn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,357 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tangent <2>
    • Shedd
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Sodaville ...

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 77 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sodaville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sodaville, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sodaville.

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 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 Sodaville:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Sodaville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Linn County: www.co.linn.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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 Sodaville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Sodaville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sodaville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4838, Longitude: -122.8690       In this case, the coordinates for Sodaville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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