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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 East Cheney (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 East Cheney. 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 East Cheney ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for East Cheney: E. Cheney

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

East Cheney is located in Spokane 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 Spokane County: Benewah (ID), Bonner (ID), Kootenai (ID), Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens & Whitman.

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

  • Spokane County     (The home county of East Cheney)
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Cheney, with the one closest to East Cheney listed first.
    • Cheney
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Spangle
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Marshall
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Marshall is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
    • Four Lakes
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Silver Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver Lake is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Lakeland Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Lakeland Village is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Village
    • Medical Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tyler
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Tyler is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
    • Valleyford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Waverly
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Waverly is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
    • Fairfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Airway Heights
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Cheney, with the one closest to East Cheney listed first.
    • Edwall
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Reardan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Sprague
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Mondovi
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mondovi is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
    • Omans
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Omans is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omans
    • Bluestem
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Bluestem is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestem
  • Whitman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Cheney, with the one closest to East Cheney listed first.
    • Malden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Rosalia
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine City ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Pine City is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
    • Juno
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Juno is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
    • Lone Pine
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lone Pine is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
    • Saint John
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Oakesdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Oakesdale is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakesdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
    • Tekoa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lamont
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Willard
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Willard is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
    • Seltice
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Seltice is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seltice
    • Belmont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Benewah County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Cheney, with the one closest to East Cheney listed first.
    • Willard
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Willard is located in Benewah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
    • Plummer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Plummer is located in Benewah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
  • Kootenai County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from East Cheney, with the one closest to East Cheney listed first.
    • Worley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Bellgrove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Bellgrove is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellgrove
    • State Line Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • State Line Village is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Village
    • State Line
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • State Line is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people

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

Cemeteries Near East Cheney ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of East Cheney.

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 East Cheney - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Fairview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • New England Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Green Mound Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Marshall Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Lance Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Hope Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Wood Memorial Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Spokane Memorial Gardens Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Lakes Memorial Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rosalia IOOF Evergreen Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalia IOOF Evergreen Cemetery
    • The Rosalia IOOF Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Evergreen Cemetery
    • IOOF Cemetery
    • IOOF Cemetery
    • Rosalia Cemetery
    • Rosalia IOOF Evergreen Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #172058 <2>
  • Moran Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Annes Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (49 more) ...
    • Riggs Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mica Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Riverside Memorial Park
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Cheney
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Spangle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Plaza
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Plaza is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaza
  • Marshall
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Marshall is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Medical Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Tyler
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Tyler is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
  • Rosalia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Waverly
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Waverly is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
  • Pine City ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pine City is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
  • Fairfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Freeman
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Freeman is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
  • Mica
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mica is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mica
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Rockford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Chester
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Chester is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • East Spokane
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • East Spokane is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Spokane

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

Newspapers Published in East Cheney ...

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 103 newspapers that have been published in the area around East Cheney.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of East Cheney, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for East Cheney.

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 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 East Cheney:

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>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 East Cheney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- East Cheney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.