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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 Strawberry (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 Strawberry. 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 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.

Strawberry is located in Morrow 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 Morrow County: Gilliam, Grant, Umatilla, Wheeler, Benton (WA) & Klickitat (WA).

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

  • Morrow County     (The home county of Strawberry)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry, with the one closest to Strawberry listed first.
    • Alpine
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Alpine is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
    • Lexington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Ione
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Pine City is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
    • Heppner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Boardman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Gooseberry
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Gooseberry is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
    • Eightmile
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Eightmile is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile
    • Irrigon
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Hardman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Hardman is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
      • Hardman has also been known as:
      • Dairyville
      • Dogtown
      • Raw Dog
      • Yaller Dog
  • Gilliam County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry, with the one closest to Strawberry listed first.
    • Olex
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Olex is located in Gilliam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olex
    • Clem
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Clem is located in Gilliam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
    • Arlington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Umatilla County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry, with the one closest to Strawberry listed first.
    • Ordnance ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Ordnance is located in Umatilla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordnance
    • Hinkle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Hinkle is located in Umatilla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle
    • Echo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Echo is located in Umatilla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 705 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <1>
    • Hermiston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Stanfield
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Power City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Power City is located in Umatilla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power City
    • Umatilla
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Benton County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Strawberry, with the one closest to Strawberry listed first.
    • Paterson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Plymouth
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Plymouth is located in Benton County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Klickitat County (WA)
    • Roosevelt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Strawberry ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Strawberry.

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

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

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

  • Petteys Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wells Spring Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sand Hollow Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Highview Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lexington Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Morgan Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Heppner Masonic Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heppner Masonic Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Heppner Masonic Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Heppner.
    • The Heppner Masonic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Masonic Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39092 <2>
  • Pleasant Point Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Tommy Dean Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tommy Dean Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tommy Dean Cemetery is located 14 miles [22.5 km]<3> to the southeast of Arlington.
  • Valby Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Junkins Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (26 more) ...
    • Eightmile Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Gooseberry Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Flett Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Lexington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Alpine
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Alpine is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Ione
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ella
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ella is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
  • Galloway ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Galloway is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
  • Heppner
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Cecil
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Cecil is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cecil
  • Gooseberry
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gooseberry is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooseberry
  • Lena
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lena is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
  • Eightmile
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Eightmile is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eightmile
  • Willows
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Willows is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willows
  • Olex
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Olex is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olex
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Hardman
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Hardman is located in Morrow County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
      • Hardman has also been known as:
      • Dairyville
      • Dogtown
      • Raw Dog
      • Yaller Dog
    • Echo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Echo is located in Umatilla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 705 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <1>
    • Clem
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Clem is located in Gilliam County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem

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

Newspapers Published in Strawberry ...

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 46 newspapers that have been published in the area around Strawberry.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Strawberry, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Strawberry.

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 helpful 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 Strawberry:

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 '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- Strawberry) 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 Strawberry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.