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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 Burbank (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 Burbank. 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.

Burbank is located in Walla Walla 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 Walla Walla County: Umatilla (OR), Benton, Columbia & Franklin.

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

  • Walla Walla County     (The home county of Burbank)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
    • Wallula
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallula have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula
      • Wallula is located in Walla Walla County
    • Wallula Junction
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula Junction
      • Wallula Junction is located in Walla Walla County
    • Touchet
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Eureka
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
      • Eureka is located in Walla Walla County
    • Lowden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rulo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rulo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
      • Rulo is located in Walla Walla County
    • Paddock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
      • Paddock is located in Walla Walla County
    • Garrett
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garrett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
      • Garrett is located in Walla Walla County
    • Mojonnier
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mojonnier
      • Mojonnier is located in Walla Walla County
    • Clyde
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Clyde is located in Walla Walla County
    • Calhounville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calhounville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhounville
      • Calhounville is located in Walla Walla County
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
    • Finley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Finley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
      • Finley is located in Benton County
    • Highland
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
      • Highland is located in Benton County
    • Kennewick
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Richland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • West Richland
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Benton City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Plymouth
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
      • Plymouth is located in Benton County
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
    • Ainsworth Junction
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ainsworth Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainsworth Junction
      • Ainsworth Junction is located in Franklin County
    • Pasco
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
      • Pasco is located in Franklin County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,095 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pasco <2>
    • West Pasco
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Pasco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pasco
      • West Pasco is located in Franklin County
    • Eltopia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Mesa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • 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 <2>
    • Basin City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Morrow County (OR)
    • Irrigon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Irrigon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irrigon
      • Irrigon is located in Morrow County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,799 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irrigon <2>
  • Umatilla County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burbank, with the one closest to Burbank listed first.
    • Cold Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
      • Cold Springs is located in Umatilla County (OR)
    • Power City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Power City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power City
      • Power City is located in Umatilla County (OR)
    • Umatilla
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umatilla
      • Umatilla is located in Umatilla County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,360 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Umatilla <2>
    • Umapine
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umapine
      • Umapine is located in Umatilla County (OR)
    • Hermiston
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermiston
      • Hermiston is located in Umatilla County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,791 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermiston <2>
    • Helix
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helix have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helix
      • Helix is located in Umatilla County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helix <2>
    • Stanfield
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanfield
      • Stanfield is located in Umatilla County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,107 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanfield <2>
    • Calhounville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calhounville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhounville
      • Calhounville is located in Umatilla County (OR)

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Burbank ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burbank.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Burbank. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Burbank and those printed in the larger area surrounding Burbank.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Burbank.

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 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 Burbank:

Cemeteries Near Burbank ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burbank.

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

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

  • City View Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the City View Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Pasco.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the City View Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76739 <4>
  • Columbia Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Columbia Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Columbia Memorial Gardens
  • Riverview Heights Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverview Heights Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Heights Cemetery
  • Desert Lawn Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Resthaven Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • The Resthaven Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rest Haven Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resthaven Cemetery
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Memorial Gardens
  • Eltopia Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eltopia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eltopia Cemetery
  • Holdman Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holdman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holdman Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
  • Umatilla Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Umatilla Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Umatilla Cemetery
  • Sunset Hills Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sunset Hills Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sunset Hills Cemetery
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Hermiston Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hermiston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hermiston Cemetery
    • Pleasant View Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
    • Helix Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Helix Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Helix Cemetery

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 Burbank in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Burbank.

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

  • Pasco
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
    • Pasco is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,095 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pasco <2>
  • Wallula
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallula have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula
    • Wallula is located in Walla Walla County
  • Wallula Junction
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula Junction
    • Wallula Junction is located in Walla Walla County
  • Glade
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glade have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
    • Glade is located in Franklin County
  • Juniper
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juniper have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
    • Juniper is located in Umatilla County (OR)
  • Eltopia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Touchet
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Eureka
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eureka have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Eureka is located in Walla Walla County
  • Vansycle
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vansycle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vansycle
    • Vansycle is located in Umatilla County (OR)
  • Cold Springs
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
    • Cold Springs is located in Umatilla County (OR)
  • Umatilla
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umatilla
    • Umatilla is located in Umatilla County (OR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,360 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Umatilla <2>
  • Stanton
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanton
    • Stanton is located in Umatilla County (OR)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Rulo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rulo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
      • Rulo is located in Walla Walla County
    • Lee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
      • Lee is located in Walla Walla County
    • Climax
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Climax have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
      • Climax is located in Walla Walla County

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

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

The official website for Walla Walla County: www.co.walla-walla.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 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burbank) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Burbank. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.1972, Longitude: -119.0108    
<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 Burbank, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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