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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 White City (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 White City. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

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

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

  • Jackson County     (The home county of White City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
    • Eagle Point
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Central Point
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sams Valley
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
    • Brownsboro
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Brownsboro is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
    • Medford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jacksonville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Gold Hill
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Phoenix
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Shady Cove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Spikenard ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Spikenard is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spikenard
    • Rock Point ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Rock Point is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
    • Talent
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Josephine County
    • The following are listed by their distance from White City, with the one closest to White City listed first.
    • Fruitdale
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Fruitdale is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
    • Grants Pass
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Murphy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Williams
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Placer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Placer is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placer
    • New Hope
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • New Hope is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
    • Redwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Redwood is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
    • Greenback ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Greenback is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenback
    • Three Pines
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Three Pines is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Pines
    • Golden ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Golden is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
    • Hugo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Hugo is located in Josephine County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
    • Merlin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near White City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of White City.

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 White City - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Central Point IOOF Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Point IOOF Cemetery
    • The Central Point IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Central Point IOOF Cemetery
  • Nichols Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Antelope Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • John Mathews Pioneer Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Eagle Point National Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Veterans Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Antioch Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Miller Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Siskiyou Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Medford IOOF Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Brownsboro Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Reese Creek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (45 more) ...
    • Pankey Park Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Memory Gardens Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Memory Gardens Memorial Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Table Rock
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Table Rock is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
  • Eagle Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Central Point
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Wellen ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Wellen is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellen
  • Tolo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Tolo is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolo
  • Sams Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
  • Medford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Beagle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Beagle is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beagle
  • Brownsboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Brownsboro is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
  • Jacksonville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Gold Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Phoenix
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Etna ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Etna is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Spikenard ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Spikenard is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spikenard
    • Lakecreek
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Lakecreek is located in Jackson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakecreek

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

Newspapers Published in White City ...

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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around White City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of White City, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for White City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 White City:

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>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 White City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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- White City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.