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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Timbuktu. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Timbuktu to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Timbuktu, please Contact Us.

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 Timbuktu (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 Timbuktu. 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 doctors 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Timbuktu is historic, it would have been located within present day Washington 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 Washington County: Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Multnomah, Tillamook & Yamhill.

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

  • Washington County     (The home county of Timbuktu)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Timbuktu, with the one closest to Timbuktu listed first.
    • Gales Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Watts
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Watts is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watts
    • Kansas City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Kansas City is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kansas City
    • Dilley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Dilley is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilley
    • Forest Grove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Timber
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Gaston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Banks
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Banks is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,034 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Banks <2>
    • Buxton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Manning
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerville ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Centerville is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Blooming
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Blooming is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blooming
    • Christie ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Christie is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christie
      • Christie has also been known as:
      • Carstens
  • Clatsop County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Timbuktu, with the one closest to Timbuktu listed first.
    • Vinemaple
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Vinemaple is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemaple
    • Jewell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jewell is located in Clatsop County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Timbuktu, with the one closest to Timbuktu listed first.
    • Keasey
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Keasey is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keasey
    • Vernonia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Pittsburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Pittsburg is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
    • Scappoose
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Timbuktu, with the one closest to Timbuktu listed first.
    • Saint Paul
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Champoeg ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Champoeg is located in Marion County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champoeg
  • Multnomah County
    • Burlington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Burlington is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
  • Tillamook County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Timbuktu, with the one closest to Timbuktu listed first.
    • Ryan's Camp ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Ryan's Camp is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan's Camp
      • Ryan's Camp has also been known as:
      • Idiotville
    • Jordan Creek
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Jordan Creek is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan Creek
    • Fairview
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Fairview is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
    • Tillamook
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Foss
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Foss is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foss
    • Blaine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Blaine is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine
    • Bay City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Hobsonville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Hobsonville is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobsonville
    • Garibaldi
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Wheeler
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Barnegat ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Barnegat is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnegat
    • Barview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Bayocean ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Bayocean is located in Tillamook County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayocean
  • Yamhill County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Timbuktu, with the one closest to Timbuktu listed first.
    • Cove Orchard
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cove Orchard is located in Yamhill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Orchard
    • Yamhill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Carlton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lafayette
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Joseph
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Saint Joseph is located in Yamhill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
    • McMinnville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Dundee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Dayton
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Newberg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Whiteson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Whiteson is located in Yamhill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteson
    • Eola Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Eola Village is located in Yamhill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eola Village
    • Bellevue
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Bellevue is located in Yamhill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Sheridan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Timbuktu ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Timbuktu.

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

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

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

  • Gales Creek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Cherry Grove Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hayward Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pike Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pike Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the northwest of Yamhill.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39267 <4>
  • Mt. Olive Lutheran Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Forest View Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Mountain View Memorial Gardens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Purdin Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Buxton Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Visitation Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Moores Valley Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (98 more) ...
    • Hill Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Fern Hill Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • St. Francis Catholic Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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.

While we didn't find Timbuktu in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Timbuktu.

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

  • Gales Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Glenwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenwood is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
  • Fairdale ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Fairdale is located in Yamhill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
  • Gaston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Forest Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Greenville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Greenville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Manning
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Buxton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Centerville ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Centerville is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Cornelius
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Mountaindale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Mountaindale is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountaindale
  • Carlton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Glencoe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Glencoe is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
    • Laurel
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Laurel is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
    • Newton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Newton is located in Washington County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton

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

Newspapers Published in Timbuktu ...

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 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Timbuktu.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Timbuktu, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Timbuktu.

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 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 Timbuktu:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Timbuktu, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Timbuktu) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.