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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 Dexter by the Sea (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 Dexter by the Sea. 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 hospitals 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.

Dexter by the Sea is located in Pacific 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 Pacific County: Clatsop (OR), Grays Harbor, Lewis & Wahkiakum.

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

  • Pacific County     (The home county of Dexter by the Sea)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dexter by the Sea, with the one closest to Dexter by the Sea listed first.
    • Tokeland
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Bay Center
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • South Bend
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Oysterville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Raymond
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Nahcotta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Ocean Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Menlo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Menlo is located in Pacific County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
    • Breakers
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Breakers is located in Pacific County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakers
    • Lebam
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Long Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Naselle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Seaview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Grays Harbor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Dexter by the Sea, with the one closest to Dexter by the Sea listed first.
    • Grayland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bay City
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Bay City is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
    • Laidlow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Laidlow is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidlow
    • Ocosta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Ocosta is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocosta
    • Cohassett Beach
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cohassett Beach is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohassett Beach
    • Markham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Markham is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
    • Westport
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Grays Harbor City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Grays Harbor City is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Harbor City
    • Hoquiam
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Hoquiam is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoquiam
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,699 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoquiam <1>
    • Ocean Shores
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Aberdeen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Aberdeen is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,827 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aberdeen <1>
    • Cosmopolis
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • South Aberdeen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • South Aberdeen is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Aberdeen
  • Wahkiakum County
    • Deep River
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Deep River is located in Wahkiakum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River

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

Cemeteries Near Dexter by the Sea ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Dexter by the Sea.

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 Dexter by the Sea - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Washington Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Fern Hill Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Giesy Family Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giesy Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Giesy Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northwest of Menlo.
    • The Giesy Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Kiel Colony Cemetery
    • Willie Keil Gravesite
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641574 <3>
  • Forest Hill Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunset Memorial Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Fern Hill Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lone Fir Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
  • Wynooche Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Paceful Hill Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ilwaco Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Salmon Creek Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Deep River Pioneer Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River Pioneer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Deep River Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Deep River.
    • The Deep River Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Deep River Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2232653 <3>

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

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

  • North Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • North Cove is located in Pacific County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cove
  • Bay Center
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • South Bend
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Ocosta
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Ocosta is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocosta
  • Oysterville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Markham
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Markham is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
  • Willapa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Willapa is located in Pacific County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willapa
  • Artic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Artic is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artic
  • Hoquiam
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Hoquiam is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoquiam
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,699 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoquiam <1>
  • Cosmopolis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • South Aberdeen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • South Aberdeen is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Aberdeen
  • Aberdeen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Aberdeen is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,827 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aberdeen <1>
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Aberdeen Junction
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Aberdeen Junction is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Junction
    • Lebam
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Melbourne
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Melbourne is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne

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

Newspapers Published in Dexter by the Sea ...

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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Dexter by the Sea.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Dexter by the Sea, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Dexter by the Sea.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Dexter by the Sea:

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Dexter by the Sea) 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 Dexter by the Sea, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.