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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 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 southwest 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 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 west 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 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
      • Deep Creek is located in Spokane County
    • Lakeland Village
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Village
      • Lakeland Village is located in Spokane County
    • Medical Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Silver Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
      • Silver Lake is located in Spokane County
    • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
      • Marshall is located in Spokane County
    • Tyler
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tyler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
      • Tyler is located in Spokane County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Town and Country have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town and Country
      • Town and Country is located in Spokane County
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
      • Mondovi is located in Lincoln County
    • Omans
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omans
      • Omans is located in Lincoln County
    • Long Lake
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
      • Long Lake is located in Lincoln County
    • Bluestem
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestem
      • Bluestem is located in Lincoln County
    • 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)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rocklyn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklyn
      • Rocklyn is located in Lincoln County
    • Harrington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Earl
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Earl. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
      • Earl is located in Lincoln County
    • Mohler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohler
      • Mohler is located in Lincoln County
  • 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)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumtum
      • Tumtum is located in Stevens County
    • Ford
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Wellpinit
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellpinit
      • Wellpinit is located in Stevens County
    • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
      • Pine City is located in Whitman County
    • 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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Medical Lake Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Medical Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Annes Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Annes Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Annes Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lakes Memorial Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakes Memorial Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lakes Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • West Greenwood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the West Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the West Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Green Mound Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Green Mound Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Green Mound Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rockdale Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockdale Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rockdale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Marshall Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marshall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marshall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Spring Creek Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spring Creek Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spring Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • New England Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New England Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the New England Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Edwall Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwall Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edwall Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (46 more) ...
    • Greenwood Memorial Terrace Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Memorial Terrace Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Memorial Terrace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Riverside Memorial Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Memorial Park
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mt. Nebo Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Nebo Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Nebo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<5>

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)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
    • Deep Creek is located in Spokane County
  • Hite
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hite have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hite
    • Hite is located in Spokane County
  • 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)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tyler. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
    • Tyler is located in Spokane County
  • Marshall
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
    • Marshall is located in Spokane County
  • Mondovi
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
    • Mondovi is located in Lincoln County
  • Omans
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omans
    • Omans is located in Lincoln County
  • 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)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Spokane have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Spokane
      • East Spokane is located in Spokane County
    • Mead
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hazard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hazard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
      • Hazard is located in Spokane County

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]<6>. 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 begin with 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 Espanola:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Espanola. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Spokane County: www.spokanecounty.org/

The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Espanola) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Espanola. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6032, Longitude: -117.7416       In this case, the coordinates for Espanola have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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