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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 Cedar Valley (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 Cedar Valley. 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 Cedar Valley ...

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 Cedar Valley: Cedar Vly. (or less commonly used: Cedar Vally. or Cedar Vlly.)

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

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 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.

Cedar Valley is located in Snohomish 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 Snohomish County: Chelan, Island, King & Skagit.

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

  • Snohomish County     (The home county of Cedar Valley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
    • Lynnwood
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Alderwood Manor
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Alderwood Manor is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderwood Manor
    • Mountlake Terrace
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Brier
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Brier is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,955 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brier <1>
    • Esperance
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Esperance is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esperance
    • Picnic Point - North Lynnwood
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Martha Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Martha Lake is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha Lake
    • Edmonds
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Canyon Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Canyon Park is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Park
    • Harbour Pointe
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Harbour Pointe is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Pointe
    • Lake Stickney
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Lake Stickney is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Stickney
    • Mill Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Island County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
    • Clinton
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Bay View
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bay View is located in Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
    • Langley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Freeland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Camp Diana
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Camp Diana is located in Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Diana
    • Greenbank
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Camano
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Juniper Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Juniper Beach is located in Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Beach
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
    • Port Ludlow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Beaver Valley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Beaver Valley is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
    • Marrowstone
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Nordland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Chimacum
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Hadlock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Irondale ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Irondale is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
    • Port Hadlock - Irondale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Quilcene
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Leland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Leland is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
    • Adelma Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Adelma Beach is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelma Beach
    • Brinnon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • King County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
    • Lake Forest Park
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • North City
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • North City is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North City
    • Sheridan Beach
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Sheridan Beach is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Beach
    • Kenmore
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Richmond Highlands
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Richmond Highlands is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Highlands
    • Shoreline
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Evergreen
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Evergreen is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
    • Bothell
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Beach
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Spring Beach is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Beach
    • Lake City
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Lake City is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
    • Meadow Brook
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Meadow Brook is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
    • Day City ‑ Historic
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Day City is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day City
  • Kitsap County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cedar Valley, with the one closest to Cedar Valley listed first.
    • Kingston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Indianola
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Port Madison
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Port Madison is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Madison
    • Suquamish
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hansville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Gamble
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Manitou Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Manitou Beach is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou Beach
    • Rolling Bay
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Rolling Bay is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Bay
    • Yeomalt
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Yeomalt is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomalt
    • Bainbridge Island
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bainbridge Island is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,358 people
      • Bainbridge Island has also been known as:
      • Winslow
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bainbridge Island <1>
    • Keyport
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lofall
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Lofall is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofall

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

Cemeteries Near Cedar Valley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cedar Valley.

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 Cedar Valley - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Holyrood Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Abbey View Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Swedbergs Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Floral Hills Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Hills Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Floral Hills Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Lynnwood.
    • The Floral Hills Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Greenland Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #210822 <2>
  • Machzikay Hadath Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machzikay Hadath Cemetery
    • The Machzikay Hadath Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Seattle Sephardic Brotherhood Cemetery
  • Acacia Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acacia Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Acacia Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Lake City.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76695 <2>
  • Evergreen Park Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen - Washelli Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Woodinville Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Crown Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Cypress Lawn Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Calvary Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (63 more) ...
    • Kingston Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Ft. Lawton Military Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 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.<4>

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

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

  • Edmonds
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Bothell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Wayne
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wayne is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
  • Woodinville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Day City ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Day City is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day City
  • Grace
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Grace is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
  • Juanita
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Juanita is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita
  • Ravenna
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Ravenna is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenna
  • Pontiac
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Pontiac is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
  • Cathcart
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Cathcart is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathcart
  • Mukilteo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Kingston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ballard
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Ballard is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
    • Kirkland
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • York
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • York is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York

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

Newspapers Published in Cedar Valley ...

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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cedar Valley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cedar Valley, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cedar Valley.

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 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 Cedar Valley:

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>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- Cedar Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Cedar Valley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.