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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 Bristol (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 Bristol. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Bristol is located in Kittitas 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 Kittitas County: Chelan, Douglas, Grant, King, Pierce & Yakima.

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

  • Kittitas County     (The home county of Bristol)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bristol, with the one closest to Bristol listed first.
    • Teanaway
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teanaway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teanaway
      • Teanaway is located in Kittitas County
    • Cle Elum
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Thorp
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • South Cle Elum
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Liberty
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Liberty is located in Kittitas County
      • Former names for Liberty:
      • Meaghersville
      • Williams Creek
    • Roslyn
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ronald
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Nelson
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
      • Nelson is located in Kittitas County
    • Ellensburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Glen
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Glen
      • Pine Glen is located in Kittitas County
    • Easton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Kittitas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Chelan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bristol, with the one closest to Bristol listed first.
    • Dryden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Appleyard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleyard
      • Appleyard is located in Chelan County
    • Monitor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wenatchee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • West Wenatchee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Wenatchee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wenatchee
      • West Wenatchee is located in Chelan County
    • Peshastin
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Cashmere
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Douglas County
    • East Wenatchee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Yakima County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bristol, with the one closest to Bristol listed first.
    • Naches
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Tieton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Bristol ...

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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bristol.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bristol, 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 Bristol.

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 websites either 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 Bristol:

Cemeteries Near Bristol ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bristol.

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

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

  • Swauk Prairie Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Thorp - Splawn Pioneer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Thorp Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Laurel Hill Memorial Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Laurel Hill Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Laurel Hill Memorial Cemetery
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Cross Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
  • Peterson Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Peterson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peterson Cemetery
  • Old German Baptist Cascade Valley Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wenas Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wenas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wenas Cemetery
  • Stemilt Hill Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
  • Wenatchee City Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wenatchee City Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Wenatchee.
    • The Wenatchee City Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wenatchee Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wenatchee City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1053458 <4>

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.<5>

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

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

  • Teanaway
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teanaway have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teanaway
    • Teanaway is located in Kittitas County
  • Thorp
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cle Elum
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Roslyn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ronald
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Nelson
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
    • Nelson is located in Kittitas County
  • Ellensburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wenas
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wenas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenas
    • Wenas is located in Yakima County
  • Holmes
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Holmes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes
    • Holmes is located in Kittitas County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Easton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Thrall
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thrall have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrall
      • Thrall is located in Kittitas County
    • Umtanum
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Umtanum have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umtanum
      • Umtanum is located in Kittitas County
    • Martin
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
      • Martin is located in Kittitas County
    • Roza
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roza have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roza
      • Roza is located in Kittitas County
    • Wenatchee
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

The official website for Kittitas County: www.co.kittitas.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bristol) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bristol. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1446, Longitude: -120.7979       In this case, the coordinates for Bristol 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.
<5>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 Bristol, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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