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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 Climax (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 Climax. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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

  • Walla Walla County     (The home county of Climax)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Climax, with the one closest to Climax listed first.
    • Paddock
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock
      • Paddock is located in Walla Walla County
    • Rulo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rulo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
      • Rulo is located in Walla Walla County
    • Prescott
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prescott have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
      • Prescott is located in Walla Walla County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
    • Eureka
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eureka. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
      • Eureka is located in Walla Walla County
    • Clyde
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Clyde is located in Walla Walla County
    • Garrett
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garrett have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrett
      • Garrett is located in Walla Walla County
    • Walla Walla
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Waitsburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • College Place
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Lowden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tompkins
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tompkins
      • Tompkins is located in Walla Walla County
    • Mojonnier
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mojonnier
      • Mojonnier is located in Walla Walla County
    • Coppei
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coppei. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppei
      • Coppei is located in Walla Walla County
  • Benton County
    • Finley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Finley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
      • Finley is located in Benton County
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Climax, with the one closest to Climax listed first.
    • Menoken
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menoken
      • Menoken is located in Columbia County
    • Huntsville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
      • Huntsville is located in Columbia County
    • Dayton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Relief
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Relief. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Relief
      • Relief is located in Columbia County
    • Starbuck
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Grange City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grange City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange City
      • Grange City is located in Columbia County
    • Delaney
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Delaney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney
      • Delaney is located in Columbia County
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Climax, with the one closest to Climax listed first.
    • Windust
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windust
      • Windust is located in Franklin County
    • Kahlotus
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Ainsworth Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ainsworth Junction. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainsworth Junction
      • Ainsworth Junction is located in Franklin County
    • Eltopia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pasco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • 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 <3>
  • Umatilla County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Climax, with the one closest to Climax listed first.
    • Calhounville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Calhounville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhounville
      • Calhounville is located in Umatilla County (OR)
    • Umapine
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umapine
      • Umapine is located in Umatilla County (OR)
    • Milton - Freewater
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milton - Freewater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton - Freewater
      • Milton - Freewater is located in Umatilla County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,052 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton - Freewater <3>
    • Blue Mountain
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Blue Mountain. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mountain
      • Blue Mountain is located in Umatilla County (OR)
    • Helix
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Helix have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <3>
    • Athena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Athena have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athena
      • Athena is located in Umatilla County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,140 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Athena <3>
    • Weston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
      • Weston is located in Umatilla County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weston <3>

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

Cemeteries Near Climax ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Climax.

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

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

  • Ivy Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ivy Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ivy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Blue Mtn. Memorial Garden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blue Mtn. Memorial Garden
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blue Mtn. Memorial Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ft. Walla Walla Military Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Walla Walla Military Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ft. Walla Walla Military Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Valley Chapel Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Valley Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ford Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ford Cemetery
    • The Ford Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ballou Cemetery
    • Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38788 <4>
  • Bundy Hollow Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bundy Hollow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bundy Hollow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Old City Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bowlus Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bowlus Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bowlus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Old Bones Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Bones Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Bones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Lakeview Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeview Cemetery
      • The Lakeview Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Kahlotus Cemetery
    • Helix Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Helix Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Helix Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Climax had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Berryman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berryman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryman
    • Berryman is located in Walla Walla County
  • Rulo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rulo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulo
    • Rulo is located in Walla Walla County
  • Hadley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hadley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
    • Hadley is located in Walla Walla County
  • Valley Grove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valley Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grove
    • Valley Grove is located in Walla Walla County
  • Prescott
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prescott have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
    • Prescott is located in Walla Walla County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 310 people
  • Lee
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee
    • Lee is located in Walla Walla County
  • Eureka
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eureka. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Eureka is located in Walla Walla County
  • Clyde
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
    • Clyde is located in Walla Walla County
  • Walla Walla
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Waitsburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Menoken
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menoken
    • Menoken is located in Columbia County
  • Gilliam
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilliam have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilliam
    • Gilliam is located in Walla Walla County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Dixie
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Coppei
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coppei. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppei
      • Coppei is located in Walla Walla County
    • Touchet
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Climax ...

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 114 newspapers that have been published in the area around Climax.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Climax, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Climax.

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 Climax:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Climax. 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://wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Climax, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Climax) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Climax. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2468, Longitude: -118.4672       In this case, the coordinates for Climax have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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