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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 Union Creek (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 Union Creek. 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 Union Creek ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Union Creek: Union Crk. (or less commonly used: Union Ck. or Union Cr.)

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Union Creek is located in Jackson 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 Jackson County: Siskiyou (CA), Douglas, Josephine & Klamath.

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

  • Jackson County     (The home county of Union Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Creek, with the one closest to Union Creek listed first.
    • Prospect
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Trail
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Butte Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butte Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte Falls
      • Butte Falls is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butte Falls <1>
    • Shady Cove
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Cove
      • Shady Cove is located in Jackson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,119 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shady Cove <1>
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Union Creek, with the one closest to Union Creek listed first.
    • Diamond Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Tiller
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Klamath County

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Union Creek:

Cemeteries Near Union Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Union Creek.

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

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

  • Aiken Family Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Aiken Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Aiken Family Cemetery
  • Nye Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nye Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nye Cemetery
  • Rondeau Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rondeau Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rondeau Cemetery
  • Rainville Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rainville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rainville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39320 <3>
  • Butte Falls Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Butte Falls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Butte Falls Cemetery
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Ft. Klamath Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Ft. Klamath Military Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Coffee Creek Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coffee Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coffee Creek Cemetery

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 Union Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Union Creek.

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

  • Prospect
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Fort Klamath
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Etna ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Etna have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Etna is located in Jackson County

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

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

The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.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>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.
<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 Union Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024