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 Berryman (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 Berryman. 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.
Berryman is located in Walla Walla 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 Walla Walla County: Umatilla (OR), Benton, Columbia & Franklin.
Below are the counties that are near Berryman. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Berryman:
- Walla Walla County (The home county of Berryman)
- The following are listed by their distance from Berryman, with the one closest to Berryman listed first.
- Paddock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Paddock is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
- Prescott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prescott is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Rulo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rulo is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
- Walla Walla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Waitsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- College Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Garrett
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Garrett is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
- Coppei
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Coppei is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppei
- Eureka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Dixie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kibler
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kibler is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibler
- Clyde
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Columbia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berryman, with the one closest to Berryman listed first.
- Menoken
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Menoken is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menoken
- Huntsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Huntsville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Dayton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Relief
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Relief is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
- Grange City ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grange City is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange City
- Starbuck
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Delaney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Delaney is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney
- Franklin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Berryman, with the one closest to Berryman listed first.
- Windust
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Windust is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windust
- Kahlotus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Umatilla County (OR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Berryman, with the one closest to Berryman listed first.
- Calhounville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Calhounville is located in Umatilla County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhounville
- Spofford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Spofford is located in Umatilla County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spofford
- Umapine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Umapine is located in Umatilla County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umapine
- Milton - Freewater
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Blue Mountain
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Blue Mountain is located in Umatilla County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
- Vansycle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Vansycle is located in Umatilla County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vansycle
- Athena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Weston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Helix
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Berryman, see our County-by-County Page for Berryman.
Cemeteries Near Berryman ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Berryman.
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 Berryman - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Berryman covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Berryman, with the one closest to Berryman listed first.
- Ivy Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Blue Mtn. Memorial Garden
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ft. Walla Walla Military Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- IOOF Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Valley Chapel Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Ford Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Cemetery
- The Ford Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ballou Cemetery
- Valley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38788 <2>
- Bundy Hollow Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Old City Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bowlus Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Weston Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Old Bones Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Athena Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
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 Berryman had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Berryman, with the one closest to Berryman listed first.
- Hadley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Hadley is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Climax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Climax is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Valley Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Grove is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grove
- Rulo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rulo is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
- Prescott
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Prescott is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
- Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
- Walla Walla
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Waitsburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gilliam
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Gilliam is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam
- Dixie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Coppei
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Coppei is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppei
- Menoken
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Menoken is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menoken
- Lee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lee is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Eureka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eureka is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Clyde
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Clyde is located in Walla Walla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
- Huntsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Huntsville is located in Columbia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Berryman. See our List of 1890's Communities around Berryman.
Newspapers Published in Berryman ...
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 106 newspapers that have been published in the area around Berryman.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Berryman, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Berryman.
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 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 Berryman:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Walla Walla County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Columbia County
- Franklin County
- Umatilla 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> | 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 Berryman, 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 from Point A (ie- Berryman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |