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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 Espanola (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 Espanola. 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 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.

Espanola 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 Espanola. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Espanola:

  • Spokane County     (The home county of Espanola)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Espanola, with the one closest to Espanola listed first.
    • Deep Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Deep Creek is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
    • Lakeland Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakeland Village is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Village
    • Medical Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Silver Lake is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Four Lakes
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Airway Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cheney
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Marshall
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Marshall is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
    • Tyler
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Tyler is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
    • Nine Mile Falls
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Spokane
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Town and Country
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Town and Country is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town and Country
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Espanola, with the one closest to Espanola listed first.
    • Reardan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Edwall
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mondovi
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Mondovi is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
    • Omans
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Omans is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omans
    • Long Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Long Lake is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
    • Bluestem
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Bluestem is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestem
    • Davenport
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Sprague
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Rocklyn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Rocklyn is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklyn
    • Harrington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Earl
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Earl is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
    • Mohler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Mohler is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohler
  • Stevens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Espanola, with the one closest to Espanola listed first.
    • Tumtum
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Tumtum is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumtum
    • Ford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Wellpinit
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Wellpinit is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellpinit
    • Clavton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Clayton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Whitman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Espanola, with the one closest to Espanola listed first.
    • Lamont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Malden
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine City ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Pine City is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
    • Rosalia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Espanola ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Espanola.

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

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

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

  • Medical Lake Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • St. Annes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Lakes Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • West Greenwood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Green Mound Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Rockdale Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Marshall Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Spring Creek Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • New England Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Edwall Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (46 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.<3>

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

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

  • Medical Lake
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Deep Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Deep Creek is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
  • Hite
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hite is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hite
  • Reardan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cheney
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Tyler
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Tyler is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
  • Marshall
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Marshall is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Mondovi
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Mondovi is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
  • Omans
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Omans is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omans
  • Spokane
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Davenport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Spangle
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • East Spokane
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • East Spokane is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Spokane
    • Mead
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hazard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Hazard is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard

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

Newspapers Published in Espanola ...

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 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Espanola.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Espanola, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Espanola.

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 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 Espanola:

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 Espanola, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Espanola) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.