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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 Cline (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 Cline. 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 and hospitals 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.

Cline is located in Stevens 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 Stevens County: Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille & Spokane.

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

  • Stevens County     (The home county of Cline)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cline, with the one closest to Cline listed first.
    • Springdale
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Grays
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Grays is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
    • Loon Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Kulzer
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Kulzer is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulzer
    • Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Waits
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Waits is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits
    • Clayton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ford
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Clavton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Tumtum
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Tumtum is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumtum
    • Chewelah
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Wellpinit
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Wellpinit is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellpinit
  • Ferry County
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cline, with the one closest to Cline listed first.
    • Long Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Long Lake is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
    • Reardan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Fort Spokane
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Spokane is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spokane
    • Miles
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Miles is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
    • Deer Meadows
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Deer Meadows is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Meadows
    • Mondovi
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mondovi is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
    • Seven Bays
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Seven Bays is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Bays
  • Pend Oreille County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cline, with the one closest to Cline listed first.
    • Camden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Camden is located in Pend Oreille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
    • Dalkena
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Dalkena is located in Pend Oreille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalkena
    • Usk
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cusick
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cusick is located in Pend Oreille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cusick <1>
  • Spokane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cline, with the one closest to Cline listed first.
    • Deer Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Grays Landing
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Grays Landing is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Landing
    • Chattaroy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Nine Mile Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Elk
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Buckeye
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Buckeye is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
    • Colbert
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Dartford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Dartford is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartford
    • Fairwood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairwood is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwood
    • Country Homes
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Country Homes is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Homes
    • Green Bluff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Green Bluff is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bluff
    • Mead
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Cline ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cline.

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

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

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

  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Zion Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Scotts Valley Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Tumtum Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Williams Valley Hillside Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Chewelah Memorial Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Kelly Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Chewelah City Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Chief Lot Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Wild Rose Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Summit Valley Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (22 more) ...
    • Wayside Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Milan Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • West Greenwood Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 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 Cline in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cline.

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

  • Springdale
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Loon Lake
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Deer Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Chewelah
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Hazard
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hazard is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
  • Addy
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Fruitland
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Chattaroy
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Hunters
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Buckeye
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Buckeye is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Miles
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Miles is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miles
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Reardan
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Hite
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Hite is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hite
    • Mead
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Cline ...

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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cline.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cline, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cline.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Cline:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cline) 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 Cline, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.