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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 Weatherby (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 Weatherby. 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 hospitals 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.

Weatherby is located in Baker 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 Baker County: Adams (ID), Grant, Malheur, Union, Wallowa & Washington.

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

  • Baker County     (The home county of Weatherby)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weatherby, with the one closest to Weatherby listed first.
    • Rye Valley
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye Valley
      • Rye Valley is located in Baker County
    • Lime ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
      • Lime is located in Baker County
    • Durkee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Huntington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
      • Huntington is located in Baker County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntington <1>
    • China Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for China Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Town
      • China Town is located in Baker County
    • Bridgeport
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Richland
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
      • Richland is located in Baker County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland <1>
    • New Bridge
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
      • New Bridge is located in Baker County
    • Robinette ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinette have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette
      • Robinette is located in Baker County
    • Sparta ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
      • Sparta is located in Baker County
    • Keating
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
      • Keating is located in Baker County
    • Halfway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Baker City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker City
      • Baker City is located in Baker County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,876 people
      • Baker City has also been known as:
      • Baker
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker City <1>
  • Malheur County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weatherby, with the one closest to Weatherby listed first.
    • Brogan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Malheur City ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malheur City
      • Malheur City is located in Malheur County
    • Jamieson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Ironside
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Washington County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Weatherby, with the one closest to Weatherby listed first.
    • Eaton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
      • Eaton is located in Washington County (ID)
    • Weiser
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiser
      • Weiser is located in Washington County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,463 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weiser <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Weatherby ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Weatherby.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Weatherby, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Weatherby.

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 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 Weatherby:

Cemeteries Near Weatherby ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Weatherby.

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

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

  • Rye Valley Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rye Valley Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Rye Valley.
    • The Rye Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rye Valley Road Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rye Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39369 <4>
  • Lime - Dixie Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lime - Dixie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lime - Dixie Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39044 <4>
  • Hibbard Creek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hibbard Creek Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the west of Weatherby.
    • The Hibbard Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hibbard Creek Pioneer Cemetery
    • Home Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hibbard Creek Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171605 <4>
  • Durkee Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Oregon Trail Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Van Ornum Massacre Site
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarksville Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clarksville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clarksville Cemetery
  • Malheur Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pleasant Valley Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the northwest of Baker City.
    • The Pleasant Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Alder Creek Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2252750 <4>
  • Bridgeport Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Brogan Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brogan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brogan Cemetery
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Eagle Valley Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Dell Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dell Cemetery
    • Love Family Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)

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 Weatherby had a population of 22 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Durkee
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Conner Creek ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conner Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conner Creek
    • Conner Creek is located in Baker County
  • Huntington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huntington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
    • Huntington is located in Baker County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 442 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntington <1>
  • Mineral
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
    • Mineral is located in Washington County (ID)
  • Pleasant Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Pleasant Valley is located in Baker County
  • Malheur City ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malheur City
    • Malheur City is located in Malheur County
  • Bridgeport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Dell ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
    • Dell is located in Malheur County
  • Encina
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Encina have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encina
    • Encina is located in Baker County
  • Sparta ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
    • Sparta is located in Baker County
  • Weiser
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiser
    • Weiser is located in Washington County (ID)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,463 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weiser <1>
  • Baker City
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker City
    • Baker City is located in Baker County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,876 people
    • Baker City has also been known as:
    • Baker
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker City <1>

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

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

The official website for Baker County: www.bakercounty.org/

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Weatherby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Weatherby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.4966, Longitude: -117.3684    
<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 Weatherby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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