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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 Steamboat (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 Steamboat. 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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Steamboat is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Siskiyou (CA), Douglas, Josephine & Klamath.

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

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Steamboat)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steamboat, with the one closest to Steamboat listed first.
    • Copper ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Copper is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper
    • Applegate
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Buncom
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Buncom is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncom
    • Ruch
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Provolt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Provolt is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provolt
    • Sterlingville ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sterlingville is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville
    • Jacksonville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Rogue River
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Medford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Phoenix
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Talent
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Gold Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Central Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Josephine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steamboat, with the one closest to Steamboat listed first.
    • Williams
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Murphy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Althouse ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Althouse is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Althouse
    • New Hope
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • New Hope is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Brown City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Brown City is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown City
    • Waldo ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Waldo is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
    • Cave Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Fruitdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Fruitdale is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
    • Kerby
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Grants Pass
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Redwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Redwood is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
    • Selma
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • O'Brien
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Siskiyou County (CA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steamboat, with the one closest to Steamboat listed first.
    • Seiad Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Hamburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Hamburg is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
    • Happy Camp
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Klamath River
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Scott Bar
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Steamboat ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Steamboat.

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

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

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

  • Steamboat Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Hartley Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sparlin Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Gotcher Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Missouri Flat Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Logtown Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Logtown Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Ruch.
    • The Logtown Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Log Town Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39053 <2>
  • Sterling Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sterlingville Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Horse Creek Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Griffin Creek Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jacksonville Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Memory Gardens Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (35 more) ...
    • Memory Gardens Memorial Park
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Foots Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Deer Creek Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Steamboat had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Williams
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Applegate
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Seiad Valley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Browntown ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Browntown is located in Josephine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browntown
  • Murphy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Draper ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Draper is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
  • Althouse ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Althouse is located in Josephine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Althouse
  • Jacksonville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Happy Camp
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hamburg
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Hamburg is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
  • Oakbar
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakbar is located in Siskiyou County (CA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakbar
  • Waldo ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Waldo is located in Josephine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Talent
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Phoenix
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Medford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Steamboat ...

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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Steamboat.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Steamboat, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Steamboat.

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 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 Steamboat:

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Steamboat) 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 Steamboat, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.