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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 Wyeth (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 Wyeth. 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 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 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.

Wyeth is located in Hood River 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 Hood River County: Clackamas, Multnomah, Wasco, Clark (WA), Klickitat (WA) & Skamania (WA).

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

  • Hood River County     (The home county of Wyeth)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyeth, with the one closest to Wyeth listed first.
    • Cascade Locks
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Hood River
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Odell
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Lenz
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Lenz is located in Hood River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenz
      • Lenz has also been known as:
      • Sherman Spur
    • Pine Grove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Pine Grove is located in Hood River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
    • Mount Hood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Mount Hood is located in Hood River County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hood
    • Parkdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Clackamas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyeth, with the one closest to Wyeth listed first.
    • Brightwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Rhododendron
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Zigzag
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Mount Hood Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Hood Village is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hood Village
    • Government Camp
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Welches
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Aims
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Aims is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aims
    • Marmot
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Multnomah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyeth, with the one closest to Wyeth listed first.
    • Bonneville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bonneville is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneville
    • Warrendale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Warrendale is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrendale
    • Dodson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Dodson is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
    • Bridal Veil
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Latourell
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Latourell is located in Multnomah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latourell
      • Former names for Latourell:
      • Latourell Falls
      • Rooster Rock
    • Corbett
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Wasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyeth, with the one closest to Wyeth listed first.
    • Mosier
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Ortley ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Ortley is located in Wasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortley
    • Rowena
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Chenoweth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Chenoweth is located in Wasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenoweth
    • City of The Dalles
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • City of The Dalles is located in Wasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of The Dalles
    • The Dalles
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Clark County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyeth, with the one closest to Wyeth listed first.
    • Sunnyside
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Sunnyside is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
    • Washougal
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Fern Prairie
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Fern Prairie is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Prairie
  • Klickitat County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyeth, with the one closest to Wyeth listed first.
    • Bingen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Bingen is located in Klickitat County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bingen <1>
    • White Salmon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Husum
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • B Z Corner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • B Z Corner is located in Klickitat County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B Z Corner
    • Lyle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Trout Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Appleton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Dallesport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Klickitat
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Skamania County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wyeth, with the one closest to Wyeth listed first.
    • Carson
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Stevenson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Moffetts Hot Springs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Moffetts Hot Springs is located in Skamania County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffetts Hot Springs
    • Hood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Hood is located in Skamania County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
    • Stabler
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Stabler is located in Skamania County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stabler
    • North Bonneville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Underwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Skamania
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Skamania is located in Skamania County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skamania
    • Cruzatt
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Cruzatt is located in Skamania County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruzatt

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

Cemeteries Near Wyeth ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wyeth.

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 Wyeth - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • McQuinn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Stevenson Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson Cemetery
    • The Stevenson Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Odd Fellows Cemetery
  • Cascade Locks Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Freddie Masterson Grave
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Iman Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Frankton Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankton Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Frankton Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Hood River.
    • The Frankton Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Backus Cemetery
    • Irving Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276895 <2>
  • Mountain View Memorial Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • St. Mary's Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Idlewilde Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • St. Mark the Evangelist Church Columbarium
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Hood Community Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Shelley Family Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (32 more) ...
    • Jackson Family Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Pine Grove Butte Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove Butte Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pine Grove Butte Cemetery is located in the vicinity of Pine Grove
      • The Pine Grove Butte Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Pine Grove Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39270 <2>
    • Upper Valley Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

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>

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

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

  • Bonneville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Bonneville is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneville
  • Dodson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Dodson is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
  • White Salmon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Oneonta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oneonta is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneonta
  • Mosier
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Multnomah Falls
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Multnomah Falls is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Multnomah Falls
  • Gilmer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Gilmer is located in Klickitat County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
  • Bridal Veil
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Lyle
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Latourell
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Latourell is located in Multnomah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latourell
    • Former names for Latourell:
    • Latourell Falls
    • Rooster Rock
  • Rowena
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Trout Lake
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Mount Pleasant
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Mount Pleasant is located in Clark County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
    • Salmon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Salmon is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmon
    • Aims
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Aims is located in Clackamas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aims

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

Newspapers Published in Wyeth ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wyeth.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wyeth, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wyeth.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Wyeth:

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 Wyeth, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Wyeth) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.