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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 Tillamook (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 Tillamook. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Tillamook is located in Tillamook County and is the County Seat.

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 Tillamook County: Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln, Polk, Washington & Yamhill.

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

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

Cemeteries Near Tillamook ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tillamook.

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 Tillamook covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Trout Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trout Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Trout Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Tillamook IOOF Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tillamook IOOF Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tillamook IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Trask Fairview Pioneer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Bay City IOOF Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bay City IOOF Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bay City IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Blaine Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blaine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blaine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • IOOF Hebo Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Hebo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Hebo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Nestucca Valley Community Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Woods IOOF Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woods IOOF Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woods IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Gist Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gist Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Union Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Oretown Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oretown Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oretown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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 Tillamook had a population of 760 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Tillamook had a population of 5,438 people.

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

  • Netarts
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Bay City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
    • Bay City is located in Tillamook County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,429 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bay City <2>
  • Barnegat ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnegat have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnegat
    • Barnegat is located in Tillamook County
  • Hobsonville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Beaver
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Hebo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Woods
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods
    • Woods is located in Tillamook County
  • Nehalem
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Oretown
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Meda
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meda have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meda
      • Meda is located in Tillamook County
    • Neskowin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Dolph ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dolph. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolph
      • Dolph is located in Tillamook County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Dolph
      • From Tillamook to Dolph
    • Fairdale ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
      • Fairdale is located in Yamhill County
    • Grand Ronde
      (29 miles [46.7 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 Tillamook. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tillamook.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Tillamook ...

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 28 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tillamook.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Tillamook. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Tillamook and those printed in the larger area surrounding Tillamook.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6> of Tillamook.

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 Tillamook:

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

The official website for Tillamook County: www.co.tillamook.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 Tillamook, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tillamook) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tillamook. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.4548, Longitude: -123.8431    









 

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