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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 Cascade Junction (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 Cascade Junction. 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.

Name Variations for Cascade Junction ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Cascade Junction: Cascade Jct. (or less commonly used: Cascade Jctn.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Cascade Junction. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cascade Junction.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Cascade Junction is located in Pierce 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 Pierce County: King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Lewis, Mason, Thurston & Yakima.

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

  • Pierce County     (The home county of Cascade Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cascade Junction, with the one closest to Cascade Junction listed first.
    • South Prairie
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Buckley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilkeson
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Prairie Ridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Prairie Ridge is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie Ridge
    • Carbonado
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Bonney Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Orting
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Melmont ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Melmont is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melmont
    • Alderton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Alderton is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderton
    • McMillin
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • McMillin is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillin
    • Lake Tapps
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Lake Tapps is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tapps
    • Sumner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • King County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cascade Junction, with the one closest to Cascade Junction listed first.
    • Osceola
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Osceola is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
    • Enumclaw
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Krain
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Krain is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krain
    • Green River
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Green River is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green River
    • Pacific
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Black Diamond
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • One Hundred One Pines
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Franklin ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Franklin is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Algona
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Morton - Berrydale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Lea Hill
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Lea Hill is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lea Hill
    • Auburn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Kitsap County
  • Lewis County
  • Thurston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cascade Junction, with the one closest to Cascade Junction listed first.
    • North Yelm
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • North Yelm is located in Thurston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Yelm
    • Yelm
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Yelm is located in Thurston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelm
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yelm <1>
    • Nisqually Indian Community
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Cascade Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cascade Junction.

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 Cascade Junction - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Wilkeson Town Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkeson Town Cemetery
    • The Wilkeson Town Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Knights of Pythias Cemetery
  • Wilkeson Catholic Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilkeson Catholic Cemetery
    • The Wilkeson Catholic Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lady of the Lourdes Catholic Church Cemetery
  • Carbonado Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Buckley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckley Cemetery
    • The Buckley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Buckley Public Cemetery
    • White River Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76722 <2>
  • Lake Tapps Pioneer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tapps Pioneer Cemetery
    • The Lake Tapps Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Dieringer Cemetery
    • Dieringer Pioneer Cemetery
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Enumclaw Municipal Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Soldiers Home Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soldiers Home Cemetery
    • The Soldiers Home Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Soldiers Home Cemetery
  • Orting Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orting Cemetery
    • The Orting Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Orting IOOF Cemetery
    • Orting IOOF Cemetery
  • Krain Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sumner Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sumner Cemetery
    • The Sumner Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Sumner Pioneer Cemetery
    • Sumner Town Cemetery
  • Woodbine Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine Cemetery
    • The Woodbine Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Puyallup Cemetery
  • Continue List   (64 more) ...
    • White Lake Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Franklin Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Black Diamond Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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 in 1895, Cascade Junction had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • South Prairie
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Burnett
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Burnett is located in Pierce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnett
  • Wilkeson
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Buckley
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Carbonado
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Boise
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Boise is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise
  • Osceola
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Osceola is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osceola
  • Orting
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Enumclaw
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Alderton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Alderton is located in Pierce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderton
  • McMillin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • McMillin is located in Pierce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillin
  • Lake Tapps
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake Tapps is located in Pierce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tapps
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Sumner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Veazie
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Veazie is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Veazie
    • Meeker
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Meeker is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker

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

Newspapers Published in Cascade Junction ...

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 151 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cascade Junction.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cascade Junction, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cascade Junction.

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 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 Cascade Junction:

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 Cascade Junction, 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- Cascade Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.