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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 Triangle Lake (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 Triangle Lake. 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.

Name Variations for Triangle Lake ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Triangle Lake: Triangle Lk.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Triangle Lake. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Triangle Lake.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 and hospitals 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.

Triangle Lake is located in Lane 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 Lane County: Benton, Deschutes, Douglas, Klamath, Lincoln & Linn.

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

  • Lane County     (The home county of Triangle Lake)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Triangle Lake, with the one closest to Triangle Lake listed first.
    • Blachly
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Alpha
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Alpha is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
    • Walton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Noti
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Deadwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Long Tom
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Long Tom is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Tom
    • Franklin
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Franklin is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Elmira
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Swisshome
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cheshire
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Fern Ridge Shores
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Fern Ridge Shores is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Ridge Shores
    • Veneta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Alvadore
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Triangle Lake, with the one closest to Triangle Lake listed first.
    • Alsea
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Monroe
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Bellfountain Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jennyopolis ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jennyopolis is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jennyopolis
    • Flynn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Flynn is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flynn
    • Philomath
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Blodgett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Wren
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Wren is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Triangle Lake, with the one closest to Triangle Lake listed first.
    • Tidewater
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Westwood Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Westwood Village is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
    • Yachats
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Tillicum Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Tillicum Beach is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tillicum Beach
    • Waldport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Linn County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Triangle Lake, with the one closest to Triangle Lake listed first.
    • Harrisburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Halsey
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Oakville is located in Linn County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
    • Shedd
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Triangle Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Triangle Lake.

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 Triangle Lake - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Blachly Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Chickahominy Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Walton Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Goldson Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Lobster Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobster Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lobster Valley Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the southwest of Alsea.
    • The Lobster Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Charles Hendrix Memorial Gardens
    • Hendrix - Lobster Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2246942 <3>
  • Deadwood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Sailor Pioneer - Noti Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lone Fir Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Linslaw Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Union - Turnbow - Mays Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Indian Creek Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Inman Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (96 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.<4>

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

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

  • Alpha
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Alpha is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Walton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Deadwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Long Tom
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Long Tom is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Tom
  • Elmira
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Franklin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Franklin is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Siuslaw ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Siuslaw is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siuslaw
  • Alsea
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Crow
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Crow is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
  • Monroe
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hadleyville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Hadleyville is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadleyville
  • Junction City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Point Terrace
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Point Terrace is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Terrace
    • Alma
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Alma is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
    • Irving
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Irving is located in Lane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving

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

Newspapers Published in Triangle Lake ...

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 99 newspapers that have been published in the area around Triangle Lake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Triangle Lake, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Triangle Lake.

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 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 Triangle Lake:

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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Triangle Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Triangle Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.