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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 Echo Lake (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 Echo Lake. 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 Echo Lake ...

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 occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Echo Lake: Echo Lk.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Echo Lake. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Echo Lake.

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 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.

Echo Lake is located in Snohomish 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 Snohomish County: Chelan, Island, King & Skagit.

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

  • Snohomish County     (The home county of Echo Lake)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Echo Lake, with the one closest to Echo Lake listed first.
    • Maltby
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Maltby is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maltby
    • Monroe
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Monroe is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,681 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <1>
    • Cathcart
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Cathcart is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathcart
    • Clearview
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Clearview is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
    • North Creek
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • North Creek is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
    • Canyon Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Canyon Park is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Park
    • Larimers Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Larimers Corner is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larimers Corner
    • Osborn Corner
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Osborn Corner is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn Corner
    • Snohomish
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Woods Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Woods Creek is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Creek
    • Mill Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Seattle Hill - Silver Firs
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Brier
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Brier is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,955 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brier <1>
  • Island County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Echo Lake, with the one closest to Echo Lake listed first.
    • Clinton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bay View
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Bay View is located in Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
    • Langley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Freeland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Camp Diana
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Camp Diana is located in Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Diana
  • King County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Echo Lake, with the one closest to Echo Lake listed first.
    • Cottage Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Cottage Lake is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Lake
    • Duvall
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Day City ‑ Historic
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Day City is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day City
    • Woodinville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Silver Firs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver Firs is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Firs
    • Union Hill - Novelty Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Earlmont
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Earlmont is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlmont
    • Kingsgate
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Kingsgate is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
    • Bothell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lake Marcel - Stillwater
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Redmond
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Adelaide
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Adelaide is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelaide
    • Juanita
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Juanita is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita
  • Kitsap County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Echo Lake, with the one closest to Echo Lake listed first.
    • Kingston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Indianola
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Port Madison
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Port Madison is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Madison
    • Manitou Beach
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Manitou Beach is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou Beach
    • Yeomalt
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Yeomalt is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomalt
    • Rolling Bay
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Rolling Bay is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Bay
    • Suquamish
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Bainbridge Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Bainbridge Island is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,358 people
      • Bainbridge Island has also been known as:
      • Winslow
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bainbridge Island <1>
    • Fort Ward
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Ward is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Ward
    • Port Blakely ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Port Blakely is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Blakely
    • Hansville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Port Gamble
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Keyport
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Echo Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Echo Lake.

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 Echo Lake - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Woodinville Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Monroe Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Eastside Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Kirkland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Gar Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Floral Hills Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Hills Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Floral Hills Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Lynnwood.
    • The Floral Hills Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Greenland Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #210822 <2>
  • Everest Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Abbey View Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Acacia Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acacia Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Acacia Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Lake City.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76695 <2>
  • Cypress Lawn Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (50 more) ...

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

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

  • Grace
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Grace is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
  • Day City ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Day City is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day City
  • Woodinville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • White
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • White is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
  • Novelty
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Novelty is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novelty
  • Cathcart
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cathcart is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathcart
  • Monroe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Monroe is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,681 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <1>
  • York
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • York is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • Bothell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Wayne
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Wayne is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
  • Redmond
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Juanita
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Juanita is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Kirkland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Snohomish
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Adelaide
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Adelaide is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelaide

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

Newspapers Published in Echo Lake ...

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 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Echo Lake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Echo Lake, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Echo Lake.

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 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 Echo Lake:

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 'straight-line' (or 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- Echo Lake) 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 Echo Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.