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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 Burr (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 Burr. 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 hospitals and 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.

Burr 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 Burr. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Burr:

  • Walla Walla County     (The home county of Burr)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burr, with the one closest to Burr listed first.
    • Clyde
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Clyde is located in Walla Walla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Eureka
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Eureka is located in Walla Walla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Magallon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Magallon is located in Walla Walla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magallon
    • Tompkins
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Tompkins is located in Walla Walla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
    • Paddock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Paddock is located in Walla Walla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
    • Prescott
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Prescott is located in Walla Walla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Rulo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Rulo is located in Walla Walla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
    • Berryman
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Berryman is located in Walla Walla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryman
    • Burbank
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Waitsburg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lowden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Touchet
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Coppei
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Coppei is located in Walla Walla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppei
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burr, with the one closest to Burr listed first.
    • Hatton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Washtucna
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cunningham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Benton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burr, with the one closest to Burr listed first.
    • Finley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Finley is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
    • Kennewick
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burr, with the one closest to Burr listed first.
    • Grange City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Grange City is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange City
    • Starbuck
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Menoken
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Menoken is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menoken
    • Relief
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Relief is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
    • Huntsville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Huntsville is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Burr, with the one closest to Burr listed first.
    • Windust
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Windust is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windust
    • Kahlotus
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Connell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Eltopia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Mesa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Mesa is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesa <1>
    • Ainsworth Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Ainsworth Junction is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainsworth Junction
    • Basin City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Pasco
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Pasco is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,095 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pasco <1>
    • West Pasco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • West Pasco is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pasco
  • Whitman County

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

Cemeteries Near Burr ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burr.

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 Burr - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
    • The Lakeview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Kahlotus Cemetery
  • Ivy Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Eltopia Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Connell Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Michigan Prairie Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Old Bones Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hatton Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Delight Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Paradise Flats Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • City View Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View Cemetery
      • 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 Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76739 <3>
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Washtucna Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Columbia Memorial Gardens
      (28 miles [45.1 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.<4>

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

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

  • Lee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Lee is located in Walla Walla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
  • Clyde
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Clyde is located in Walla Walla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
  • Eureka
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Eureka is located in Walla Walla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
  • Sulphur
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Sulphur is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur
  • Kahlotus
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Climax
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Climax is located in Walla Walla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
  • Connell
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Prescott
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Prescott is located in Walla Walla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
  • Eltopia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Rulo
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Rulo is located in Walla Walla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
  • Berryman
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Berryman is located in Walla Walla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryman
  • Hadley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hadley is located in Walla Walla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Grange City ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Grange City is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange City
    • Hatton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Glade
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Glade is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade

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

Newspapers Published in Burr ...

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 68 newspapers that have been published in the area around Burr.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Burr, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Burr.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Burr:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Burr) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Burr, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.