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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 Bainbridge Grange (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 Bainbridge Grange. 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.

Bainbridge Grange is located in Kitsap 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 Kitsap County: Island, Jefferson, King, Mason & Pierce.

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

  • Kitsap County     (The home county of Bainbridge Grange)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bainbridge Grange, with the one closest to Bainbridge Grange listed first.
    • Manitou Beach
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Manitou Beach is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou Beach
    • Rolling Bay
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Rolling Bay is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Bay
    • Bainbridge Island
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Bainbridge Island is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,358 people
      • Bainbridge Island has also been known as:
      • Winslow
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bainbridge Island <1>
    • Yeomalt
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Yeomalt is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomalt
    • Port Madison
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Port Madison is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Madison
    • Port Blakely ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Port Blakely is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Blakely
    • Brownsville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Brownsville is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Suquamish
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Keyport
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Ward
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Fort Ward is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ward
    • Indianola
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pearson
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pearson is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
    • Bremerton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Island County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bainbridge Grange, with the one closest to Bainbridge Grange listed first.
    • Clinton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Bay View
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Bay View is located in Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
    • Freeland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Langley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Greenbank
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bainbridge Grange, with the one closest to Bainbridge Grange listed first.
    • Brinnon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Port Ludlow
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Quilcene
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Beaver Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Beaver Valley is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
    • Leland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Leland is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
    • Chimacum
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Marrowstone
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Nordland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Port Hadlock - Irondale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Hadlock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Irondale ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Irondale is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
    • Adelma Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Adelma Beach is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelma Beach
  • King County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bainbridge Grange, with the one closest to Bainbridge Grange listed first.
    • Crown Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Crown Hill is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Hill
    • Alki
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Alki is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alki
    • Fremont
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Fremont is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
    • Green Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Green Lake is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Lake
    • Northgate
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Northgate is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northgate
    • Seattle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Spring Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Beach is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Beach
    • Ravenna
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Ravenna is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenna
    • Evergreen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Evergreen is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
    • Richmond Highlands
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Richmond Highlands is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Highlands
    • Shoreline
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Vashon Heights
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Vashon Heights is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vashon Heights
    • Lake City
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake City is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
  • Mason County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bainbridge Grange, with the one closest to Bainbridge Grange listed first.
    • Belfair
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Allyn
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Grapeview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lilliwaup
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pierce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bainbridge Grange, with the one closest to Bainbridge Grange listed first.
    • Wauna
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Wauna is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauna
    • Gig Harbor
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Dash Point
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Dash Point is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dash Point
    • Rosedale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Rosedale is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
    • Ruston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Ruston is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
    • Vaughn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Vaughn is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughn
    • Artondale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Artondale is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artondale
    • Cromwell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Cromwell is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
    • Northeast Tacoma
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Northeast Tacoma is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northeast Tacoma
    • Fircrest
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Fox Island
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Tacoma
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Home
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Home is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home
  • Snohomish County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bainbridge Grange, with the one closest to Bainbridge Grange listed first.
    • Woodway
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Woodway is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,391 people
    • Esperance
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Esperance is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esperance
    • Edmonds
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountlake Terrace
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Brier
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Brier is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,955 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brier <1>
    • Lynnwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Alderwood Manor
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Alderwood Manor is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderwood Manor
    • Canyon Park
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Canyon Park is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Park
    • Picnic Point - North Lynnwood
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Harbour Pointe
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Harbour Pointe is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Pointe
    • Martha Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Martha Lake is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha Lake
    • Lake Stickney
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Stickney is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Stickney
    • Mill Creek
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Bainbridge Grange ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bainbridge Grange.

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 Bainbridge Grange - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ft. Blakely Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Seabold Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ft. Lawton Military Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Tracyton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Crown Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Poulsbo Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • First Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pearson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Ivy Green Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Miller - Woodlawn Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller - Woodlawn Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Miller - Woodlawn Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Bremerton.
    • The Miller - Woodlawn Memorial Park has also been known as:
    • Woodlawn Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77128 <2>
  • Forest Lawn Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lawn Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Lawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Bremerton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76807 <2>
  • Continue List   (76 more) ...
    • K P Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunset Lane Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Veterans Home Cemetery
      (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.<3>

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

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

  • Port Madison
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Port Madison is located in Kitsap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Madison
  • Crystal Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Crystal Springs is located in Kitsap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
  • Port Blakely ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Port Blakely is located in Kitsap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Blakely
  • Brownsville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Brownsville is located in Kitsap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
  • Ballard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Ballard is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
  • Pearson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pearson is located in Kitsap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearson
  • Tracyton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Tracyton is located in Kitsap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracyton
  • Ross ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Ross is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
  • Poulsbo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Colby
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Colby is located in Kitsap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
  • West Seattle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • West Seattle is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Seattle
  • Fremont
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Fremont is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Edgewater ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Edgewater is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
    • Silverdale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Chico
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Chico is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico

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

Newspapers Published in Bainbridge Grange ...

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 614 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bainbridge Grange.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bainbridge Grange, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bainbridge Grange.

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 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 Bainbridge Grange:

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 Bainbridge Grange, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bainbridge Grange) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.