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 Woodburn (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 Woodburn. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Woodburn is located in Marion 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 Marion County: Benton, Clackamas, Deschutes, Linn, Polk, Wasco & Yamhill.
Below are the counties that are near Woodburn. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodburn:
- Marion County (The home county of Woodburn)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodburn, with the one closest to Woodburn listed first.
- Hubbard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gervais
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- McKee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McKee is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee
- Donald
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Mount Angel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Champoeg ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Champoeg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champoeg
- Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paul
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Downs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Downs is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Butteville Station ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Butteville Station is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butteville Station
- Butteville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Butteville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butteville
- Brooks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Labish Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Labish Village is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labish Village
- Clackamas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodburn, with the one closest to Woodburn listed first.
- Needy ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Needy is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needy
- Barlow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barlow is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Macksburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Macksburg is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macksburg
- Canby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wilsonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Liberal
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Liberal is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberal
- Mulino
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Molalla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Wilhoit
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Wilhoit is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhoit
- Tualatin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Carus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Carus is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carus
- Willamette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willamette is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willamette
- Canemah
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Canemah is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canemah
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodburn, with the one closest to Woodburn listed first.
- Lyons
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jordan is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Scio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Scio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- West Scio is located in Linn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scio
- Multnomah County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodburn, with the one closest to Woodburn listed first.
- Milwaukie
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fulton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Fulton is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Hillsdale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hillsdale is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Woodstock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodstock is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstock
- Portland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Albina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Albina is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albina
- Laurelhurst
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Laurelhurst is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurelhurst
- Montavilla
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Montavilla is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montavilla
- Russellville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Russellville is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russellville
- Hazelwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hazelwood is located in Multnomah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodburn, with the one closest to Woodburn listed first.
- Lincoln
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Salemtowne
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Salemtowne is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salemtowne
- Zena
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Zena is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zena
- Eola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Eola is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eola
- Crowley
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Crowley is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley
- Smithfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Smithfield is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield
- Rickreall
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Dolph Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dolph Corner is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolph Corner
- Independence
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dallas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Monmouth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ellendale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ellendale is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellendale
- Buell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Buell is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buell
- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodburn, with the one closest to Woodburn listed first.
- Middleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Middleton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
- Sherwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Durham
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- King City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Scholls
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Kinton ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Kinton is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinton
- Tigard
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Farmington
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Farmington is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Metzger
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Metzger is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metzger
- Progress
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Progress is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progress
- Beaverton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Aloha
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Raleigh Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Raleigh Hills is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Hills
- Yamhill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodburn, with the one closest to Woodburn listed first.
- Dayton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hopewell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Newberg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lafayette
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Eola Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Eola Village is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eola Village
- Saint Joseph
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Joseph is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
- Amity
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- McMinnville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Whiteson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Whiteson is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteson
- Carlton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Yamhill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cove Orchard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cove Orchard is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove Orchard
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodburn, see our County-by-County Page for Woodburn.
Cemeteries Near Woodburn ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodburn.
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 Woodburn - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodburn covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodburn, with the one closest to Woodburn listed first.
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Belle Passi Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- MacLaren Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Gervaos Pioneer Masonic Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hubbard Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Louis Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Essen Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvary Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Calvary Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Mount Angel.
- The Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. Angel Calvary Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39165 <2>
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Simmons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- Hopewell Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Pioneers Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Woodburn had a population of 405 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Woodburn had a population of 26,175 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodburn, with the one closest to Woodburn listed first.
- Gervais
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hubbard
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- McKee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McKee is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKee
- Mount Angel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Champoeg ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Champoeg is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champoeg
- Downs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Downs is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downs
- Needy ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Needy is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needy
- Aurora
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Paul
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Fairfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Fairfield is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
- Brooks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Butteville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Butteville is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butteville
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Marquam
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marquam is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquam
- Barlow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barlow is located in Clackamas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
- Population from the 2020 Census: 147 people
- Wheatland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland is located in Yamhill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodburn. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodburn.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Woodburn ...
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 112 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodburn.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Woodburn. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Woodburn and those printed in the larger area surrounding Woodburn.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 18 miles [29 km]<4> of Woodburn.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Woodburn:
- Websites specific to Oregon
- Pages specific to Marion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clackamas County
- Linn County
- Multnomah County
- Polk County
- Washington County
- Yamhill County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oregon
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 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. |
| <3> | 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 Woodburn, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Woodburn) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |