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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 Crabtree (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 Crabtree. 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.

Crabtree is located in Whitman 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 Whitman County: Benewah (ID), Latah (ID), Nez Perce (ID), Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Lincoln & Spokane.

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

  • Whitman County     (The home county of Crabtree)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crabtree, with the one closest to Crabtree listed first.
    • Eden
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Eden is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Garfield
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Elberton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Elberton is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberton
    • Belmont
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Oakesdale
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Oakesdale is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakesdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
    • Farmington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Grinnell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Grinnell is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinnell
    • Steptoe
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Glenwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Glenwood is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
    • Seltice
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Seltice is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seltice
    • Palouse
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Colfax
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Garfield County
    • Mayview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mayview is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayview
  • Spokane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crabtree, with the one closest to Crabtree listed first.
    • Latah
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Spring Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Spring Valley is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Waverly
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Waverly is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
    • Fairfield
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Spangle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Rockford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Benewah County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crabtree, with the one closest to Crabtree listed first.
    • De Smet
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • De Smet is located in Benewah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Smet
    • Tensed
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Tensed is located in Benewah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tensed
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tensed <1>
    • Willard
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Willard is located in Benewah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
    • Plummer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Plummer is located in Benewah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
    • Emida
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Emida is located in Benewah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emida
    • Chatcolet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Chatcolet is located in Benewah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatcolet
  • Kootenai County (ID)
    • Worley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Worley is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Worley <1>
  • Latah County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Crabtree, with the one closest to Crabtree listed first.
    • Cora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Cora is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
    • Freeze
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Freeze is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeze
    • Potlatch Junction
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Potlatch Junction is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potlatch Junction
    • Onaway
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Onaway is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
    • Potlatch
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Viola
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Princeton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Moscow
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Moscow is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,128 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <1>
    • Harvard
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Howell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Howell is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
    • Troy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Troy is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 913 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Crabtree ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Crabtree.

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

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

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

  • Garfield Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Eden Valley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Silver Creek Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Oakesdale Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Farmington Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Colfax Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Colfax Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Colfax.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76743 <2>
  • Freeze Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Pitts Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Goldenrod Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (37 more) ...
    • Lone Pine Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Stipe Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Mendenhall Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)

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 Crabtree in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Crabtree.

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

  • Eden
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Eden is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Garfield
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Elberton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Elberton is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberton
  • Belmont
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Steptoe
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Oakesdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Oakesdale is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakesdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
  • Farmington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Glenwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Glenwood is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
  • Seltice
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Seltice is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seltice
  • Palouse
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Thornton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Thornton is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
  • Colfax
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Lone Pine
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Lone Pine is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
    • Fallon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Fallon is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
    • Tekoa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Crabtree ...

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 79 newspapers that have been published in the area around Crabtree.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Crabtree, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Crabtree.

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 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 Crabtree:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Crabtree) 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 Crabtree, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.