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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 Day Creek (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 Day Creek. 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 Day Creek ...

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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Day Creek: Day Crk. (or less commonly used: Day Ck. or Day Cr.)

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 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.

Day Creek is located in Skagit 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 Skagit County: Chelan, Island, Okanogan, San Juan, Snohomish & Whatcom.

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

  • Skagit County     (The home county of Day Creek)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Day Creek, with the one closest to Day Creek listed first.
    • Lyman
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Hamilton
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Clear Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
      • Clear Lake is located in Skagit County
    • Sedro - Woolley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Big Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
      • Big Lake is located in Skagit County
    • Montborne
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montborne
      • Montborne is located in Skagit County
    • Burlington
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Lake Cavanaugh
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Cavanaugh have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cavanaugh
      • Lake Cavanaugh is located in Skagit County
    • Mount Vernon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Concrete
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Lake McMurray
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake McMurray
      • Lake McMurray is located in Skagit County
    • Alger
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alger have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alger
      • Alger is located in Skagit County
    • Bow
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Island County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Day Creek, with the one closest to Day Creek listed first.
    • Juniper Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Beach
      • Juniper Beach is located in Island County
    • Oak Harbor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Camano
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Snohomish County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Day Creek, with the one closest to Day Creek listed first.
    • Oso
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oso
      • Oso is located in Snohomish County
    • Bryant
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bryant. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
      • Bryant is located in Snohomish County
    • Lake Ketchum
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Ketchum have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ketchum
      • Lake Ketchum is located in Snohomish County
    • Arlington Heights
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arlington Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Heights
      • Arlington Heights is located in Snohomish County
    • Arlington
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • North Stanwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Stanwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stanwood
      • North Stanwood is located in Snohomish County
    • Swede Heaven
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swede Heaven
      • Swede Heaven is located in Snohomish County
    • Silvana
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Fortson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortson
      • Fortson is located in Snohomish County
    • Florence
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Florence. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
      • Florence is located in Snohomish County
    • Stanwood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakewood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Smokey Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Whatcom County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Day Creek, with the one closest to Day Creek listed first.
    • Wickersham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wickersham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickersham
      • Wickersham is located in Whatcom County
    • Saxon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saxon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxon
      • Saxon is located in Whatcom County
    • Acme
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Clipper
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper
      • Clipper is located in Whatcom County
    • Sudden Valley
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sudden Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudden Valley
      • Sudden Valley is located in Whatcom County
    • Geneva
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Geneva. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
      • Geneva is located in Whatcom County
    • Deming
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Welcome
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Welcome. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
      • Welcome is located in Whatcom County
    • Chuckanut Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chuckanut Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckanut Village
      • Chuckanut Village is located in Whatcom County
    • Silver Beach
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silver Beach. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
      • Silver Beach is located in Whatcom County
    • Bellingham
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Glacier
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Kendall
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendall have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
      • Kendall is located in Whatcom County

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

Cemeteries Near Day Creek ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Day Creek.

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

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

  • Lyman Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lyman Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lyman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hamilton Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hamilton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Union Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Clear Lake Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clear Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clear Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Green Hills Memorial Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Hawthorne Memorial Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hawthorne Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hawthorne Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Vernon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Forest Park Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Park Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Park Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Saxon Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Bow Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Skagit City Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Skagit City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Skagit City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Scandinavian Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Scandinavian Cemetery
      • The Scandinavian Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Old Milltown Cemetery
      • Old Milltown Lutheran Cemetery
      • Scandinavian Lutheran Cemetery
    • Bay View Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bay View Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bay View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Van Zandt Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Van Zandt Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Van Zandt 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.<4>

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

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

  • Lyman
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Hamilton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Clear Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
    • Clear Lake is located in Skagit County
  • Birdsview
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birdsview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsview
    • Birdsview is located in Skagit County
  • Big Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
    • Big Lake is located in Skagit County
  • Montborne
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montborne
    • Montborne is located in Skagit County
  • Prairie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
    • Prairie is located in Skagit County
  • Burlington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Wickersham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wickersham. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickersham
    • Wickersham is located in Whatcom County
  • Mount Vernon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Avon ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
    • Avon is located in Skagit County
  • McMurray
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McMurray have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMurray
    • McMurray is located in Skagit County
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Saxon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saxon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxon
      • Saxon is located in Whatcom County
    • Skagit City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skagit City
      • Skagit City is located in Skagit County
    • Alger
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alger have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alger
      • Alger is located in Skagit County

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

Newspapers Published in Day Creek ...

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 57 newspapers that have been published in the area around Day Creek.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Day Creek, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Day Creek.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Day Creek:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Day Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Skagit County: www.skagitcounty.net/

The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.gov/

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 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>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.
<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 Day Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>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- Day Creek) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Day Creek. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.4982, Longitude: -122.0665       In this case, the coordinates for Day Creek have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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