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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 Ukiah (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 Ukiah. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

Ukiah is located in Umatilla County.

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 Umatilla County: Grant, Morrow, Union, Wallowa, Benton (WA), Columbia (WA) & Walla Walla (WA).

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

  • Umatilla County     (The home county of Ukiah)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ukiah, with the one closest to Ukiah listed first.
    • Lehman Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehman Springs
      • Lehman Springs is located in Umatilla County
      • Lehman Springs has also been known as:
      • Lehman Hot Springs
      • Lehman
    • Pilot Rock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ukiah, with the one closest to Ukiah listed first.
    • Dale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Ritter
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ritter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
      • Ritter is located in Grant County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ritter <1>
    • Galena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
      • Galena is located in Grant County
    • Susanville ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susanville
      • Susanville is located in Grant County
    • Long Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Morrow County
    • Heck and Gone ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Heck and Gone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heck and Gone
      • Heck and Gone is located in Morrow County
  • Union County

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

Cemeteries Near Ukiah ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ukiah.

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

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

  • Ukiah Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ukiah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ukiah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Sturdivant Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sturdivant Cemetery
    • The Sturdivant Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Gilliland Cemetery
    • Studevant Cemetery
  • Albee Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Patterson Grave
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Patterson Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Patterson Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gurdane Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gurdane Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gurdane Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Darr Grave
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Darr Grave
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Darr Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Warner Family Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Ritter Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ritter Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ritter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dickerson Ranch Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dickerson Ranch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dickerson Ranch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Willow Creek Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Willow Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Willow Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Vinson Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vinson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Vinson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pilot Rock Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pilot Rock Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pilot Rock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Starkey Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Starkey Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Starkey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Long Creek Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Long Creek Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Long Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Pleasant Point Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Ukiah had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Ukiah had a population of 194 people.

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

  • Ritter
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ritter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritter
    • Ritter is located in Grant County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ritter <1>
  • Nye
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nye have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nye
    • Nye is located in Umatilla County
  • Vinson
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vinson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinson
    • Vinson is located in Umatilla County
  • Pilot Rock
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Lena
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lena have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
    • Lena is located in Morrow County
  • Starkey
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Susanville ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susanville
    • Susanville is located in Grant County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Ukiah ...

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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ukiah.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Ukiah. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Ukiah and those printed in the larger area surrounding Ukiah.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Ukiah.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Ukiah:

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

The official website for Umatilla County: www.co.umatilla.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

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>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.
<3>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.
<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 from Point A (ie- Ukiah) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ukiah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.1341, Longitude: -118.9330       In this case, the coordinates for Ukiah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Ukiah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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