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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 Table Rock (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 Table Rock. 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.

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

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Table Rock)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Table Rock, with the one closest to Table Rock listed first.
    • White City
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Sams Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
    • Eagle Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Central Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Gold Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Medford
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jacksonville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Rock Point ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Rock Point is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
    • Brownsboro
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Brownsboro is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
    • Spikenard ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Spikenard is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spikenard
    • Shady Cove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Phoenix
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Rogue River
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Douglas County
  • Josephine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Table Rock, with the one closest to Table Rock listed first.
    • Fruitdale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Fruitdale is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
    • Grants Pass
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Murphy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • New Hope
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • New Hope is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Greenback ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenback is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenback
    • Placer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Placer is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placer
    • Williams
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Redwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Redwood is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
    • Three Pines
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Three Pines is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Pines
    • Golden ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Golden is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
    • Sunny Valley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hugo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Hugo is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
    • Merlin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Table Rock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Table Rock.

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 Table Rock - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Central Point IOOF Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Point IOOF Cemetery
    • The Central Point IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Central Point IOOF Cemetery
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Nichols Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • John Mathews Pioneer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Pankey Park Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Antelope Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Eagle Point National Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Veterans Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hays Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Reese Creek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Gold Hill IOOF Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Rock Point Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (48 more) ...

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>

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

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

  • Tolo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Tolo is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolo
  • Sams Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
  • Central Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Eagle Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Beagle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Beagle is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beagle
  • Gold Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Medford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Wellen ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Wellen is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellen
  • Jacksonville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Rock Point ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Rock Point is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
  • Brownsboro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Brownsboro is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
  • Spikenard ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Spikenard is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spikenard
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Etna ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Etna is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Draper ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Draper is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
    • Phoenix
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Table Rock ...

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 92 newspapers that have been published in the area around Table Rock.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Table Rock, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Table Rock.

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 Table Rock:

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 Table Rock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Table Rock) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.