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 Artic (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 Artic. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.
Artic is located in Grays Harbor County.
To see how the shape of Washington's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grays Harbor County: Jefferson, Lewis, Mason, Pacific & Thurston.
Below are the counties that are near Artic. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Artic:
- Grays Harbor County (The home county of Artic)
- The following are listed by their distance from Artic, with the one closest to Artic listed first.
- Central Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Central Park is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Park
- Melbourne
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Melbourne is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
- Cosmopolis
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Junction City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Junction City is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
- South Aberdeen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Aberdeen is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Aberdeen
- Aberdeen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montesano
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- North Aberdeen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- North Aberdeen is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Aberdeen
- Hoquiam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Aberdeen Gardens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Aberdeen Gardens is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Gardens
- Brady
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brady is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Grays Harbor City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grays Harbor City is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Harbor City
- Markham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Markham is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Artic, with the one closest to Artic listed first.
- Doty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pe Ell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Artic, with the one closest to Artic listed first.
- Deckerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Deckerville is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckerville
- Matlock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Matlock is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matlock
- Pacific County
- The following are listed by their distance from Artic, with the one closest to Artic listed first.
- Raymond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- South Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tokeland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Menlo
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Menlo is located in Pacific County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- Bay Center
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lebam
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Oysterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Nahcotta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thurston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Artic, with the one closest to Artic listed first.
- Independence
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Independence is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Bordeaux ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Bordeaux is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
- Rochester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Artic, see our County-by-County Page for Artic.
Cemeteries Near Artic ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Artic.
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 Artic - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Artic covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Artic, with the one closest to Artic listed first.
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Wynooche Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fern Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Washington Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Elma Catholic Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Masonic Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Fern Hill Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Giesy Family Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giesy Family Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Giesy Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Menlo.
- The Giesy Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Kiel Colony Cemetery
- Willie Keil Gravesite
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641574 <2>
- Oddfellow Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharon Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Turnow Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Oakville Pioneer Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- McCleary Pythian Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Finnish Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Artic had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Artic, with the one closest to Artic listed first.
- Cosmopolis
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Melbourne
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Melbourne is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
- Aberdeen Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Aberdeen Junction is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Junction
- South Aberdeen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- South Aberdeen is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Aberdeen
- Aberdeen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Montesano
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hoquiam
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Satsop
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Satsop is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satsop
- Markham
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Markham is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
- Willapa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Willapa is located in Pacific County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willapa
- Ocosta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ocosta is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocosta
- South Bend
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Elma
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Elma is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,378 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elma <1>
- Porter
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Porter is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Cedarville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Cedarville is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Artic. See our List of 1890's Communities around Artic.
Newspapers Published in Artic ...
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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Artic.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Artic, 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 Artic.
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 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 Artic:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Grays Harbor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lewis County
- Mason County
- Pacific County
- Thurston County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Washington
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> | 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 from Point A (ie- Artic) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Artic, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |