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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 Audrey (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 Audrey. 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 doctors and 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.

Audrey is located in Benton County.

To see how the shape of Washington's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Benton County: Morrow (OR), Umatilla (OR), Franklin, Grant, Klickitat, Walla Walla & Yakima.

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

  • Benton County     (The home county of Audrey)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Audrey, with the one closest to Audrey listed first.
    • Benton City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • West Richland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Richland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Prosser
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Adams County
    • Othello
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Audrey, with the one closest to Audrey listed first.
    • Basin City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Mesa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa
      • Mesa is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesa <1>
    • Eltopia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Audrey, with the one closest to Audrey listed first.
    • Desert Aire
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Mattawa
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Royal City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Beverly
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Wanapum Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wanapum Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanapum Village
      • Wanapum Village is located in Grant County
  • Kittitas County
  • Yakima County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Audrey, with the one closest to Audrey listed first.
    • Sunnyside
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Grandview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Outlook
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Outlook
      • Outlook is located in Yakima County

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

Newspapers Published in Audrey ...

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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Audrey.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Audrey, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Audrey.

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 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 Audrey:

Cemeteries Near Audrey ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Audrey.

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

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

  • Black Rock Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Rock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Rock Cemetery
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Lower Valley Memorial Gardens
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lower Valley Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lower Valley Memorial Gardens
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunnyside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunnyside Cemetery
  • Sunnyside Memorial Gardens
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunnyside Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunnyside Memorial Gardens
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial Gardens
  • Grandview Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grandview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandview Cemetery
  • Resthaven Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • The Resthaven Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rest Haven Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resthaven Cemetery
  • American Legion Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Prosser Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

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

The official website for Benton County: www.co.benton.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Audrey) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Audrey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6274, Longitude: -119.6153       In this case, the coordinates for Audrey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.




 

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