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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 Delkena (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 Delkena. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Delkena is located in Pend Oreille 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 Pend Oreille County: Bonner (ID), Boundary (ID), Kootenai (ID), Spokane & Stevens.

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

  • Pend Oreille County     (The home county of Delkena)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delkena, with the one closest to Delkena listed first.
    • Dalkena
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Dalkena is located in Pend Oreille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalkena
    • Usk
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cusick
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Newport
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Newport is located in Pend Oreille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,266 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <1>
    • Camden
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Camden is located in Pend Oreille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
    • Ruby
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Ruby is located in Pend Oreille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
    • Diamond City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Diamond City is located in Pend Oreille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
  • Spokane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delkena, with the one closest to Delkena listed first.
    • Elk
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Grays Landing
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Grays Landing is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Landing
    • Deer Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Chattaroy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Buckeye
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Buckeye is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
    • Colbert
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Green Bluff
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Green Bluff is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bluff
    • Peone
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Peone is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peone
  • Stevens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delkena, with the one closest to Delkena listed first.
    • Clavton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Clayton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Loon Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Chewelah
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Kulzer
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Kulzer is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulzer
    • Grays
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Grays is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
    • Waits
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Waits is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits
    • Springdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Addy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Bonner County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delkena, with the one closest to Delkena listed first.
    • Oldtown
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Priest River
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Blanchard
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Laclede
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Coolin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Wrencoe
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Wrencoe is located in Bonner County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
    • Dover
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Dover is located in Bonner County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 968 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <1>
    • Nordman
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Algoma
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Algoma is located in Bonner County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
    • Cocolalla
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Dufort
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Dufort is located in Bonner County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dufort
    • Westmond
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Westmond is located in Bonner County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmond
  • Kootenai County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Delkena, with the one closest to Delkena listed first.
    • Spirit Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Echo Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Echo Beach is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Beach

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

Cemeteries Near Delkena ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Delkena.

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

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

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

  • Newport Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Milan Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Zion Hill Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Chewelah City Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Chewelah Memorial Park
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Kelly Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Seneacquoteen Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Chattaroy Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Williams Valley Hillside Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Wayside Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Wild Rose Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pinecrest Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Priest River
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Valley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Loon Lake
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Chewelah
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Deer Park
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Chattaroy
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Springdale
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hazard
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hazard is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
  • Buckeye
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Buckeye is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Addy
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Delkena ...

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 16 newspapers that have been published in the area around Delkena.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Delkena, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Delkena.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Delkena:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Delkena) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Delkena, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.