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 Esperance (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 Esperance. 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.
Esperance 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 Esperance. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Esperance:
- Snohomish County (The home county of Esperance)
- The following are listed by their distance from Esperance, with the one closest to Esperance listed first.
- Edmonds
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mountlake Terrace
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Lynnwood
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Woodway
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Woodway is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,391 people
- Brier
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Alderwood Manor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Alderwood Manor is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderwood Manor
- Picnic Point - North Lynnwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Martha Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Martha Lake is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha Lake
- Canyon Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Canyon Park is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Park
- Harbour Pointe
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Harbour Pointe is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Pointe
- Lake Stickney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake Stickney is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Stickney
- North Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- North Creek is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
- Mill Creek
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Island County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esperance, with the one closest to Esperance listed first.
- Clinton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Bay View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Bay View is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
- Langley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Freeland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Diana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Camp Diana is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Diana
- Greenbank
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Camano
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Juniper Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Juniper Beach is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Beach
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esperance, with the one closest to Esperance listed first.
- Port Ludlow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver Valley is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
- Marrowstone
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Nordland
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Chimacum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Quilcene
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Port Hadlock - Irondale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Port Hadlock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Leland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Leland is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
- Irondale ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Irondale is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
- Brinnon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Adelma Beach
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Adelma Beach is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelma Beach
- Port Townsend
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- King County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esperance, with the one closest to Esperance listed first.
- Richmond Highlands
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Richmond Highlands is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Highlands
- Shoreline
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Evergreen
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Evergreen is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Spring Beach
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Spring Beach is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Beach
- North City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North City is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North City
- Lake Forest Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sheridan Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sheridan Beach is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Beach
- Northgate
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Northgate is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northgate
- Kenmore
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Lake City is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Bothell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Crown Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Crown Hill is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown Hill
- Meadow Brook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Meadow Brook is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Brook
- Kitsap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Esperance, with the one closest to Esperance listed first.
- Kingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Indianola
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Port Madison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Port Madison is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Madison
- Suquamish
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Port Gamble
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Manitou Beach
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Manitou Beach is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou Beach
- Rolling Bay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Bay is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Bay
- Hansville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Yeomalt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yeomalt is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomalt
- Bainbridge Island
(13 miles [20.9 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>
- Keyport
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Poulsbo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Lofall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lofall is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofall
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Esperance, see our County-by-County Page for Esperance.
Cemeteries Near Esperance ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Esperance.
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 Esperance - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Esperance covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Esperance, with the one closest to Esperance listed first.
- Swedbergs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Holyrood Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Machzikay Hadath Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machzikay Hadath Cemetery
- The Machzikay Hadath Cemetery has also been known as:
- Seattle Sephardic Brotherhood Cemetery
- Abbey View Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Acacia Memorial Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- 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>
- Evergreen Park Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Evergreen - Washelli Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Floral Hills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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>
- Crown Hill Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kingston Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ft. Lawton Military Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (62 more) ...
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Woodinville Memorial Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Gar Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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 Esperance in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Esperance.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Esperance, with the one closest to Esperance listed first.
- Edmonds
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Bothell
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Kingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Ballard
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Ballard is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballard
- Wayne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Wayne is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
- Ravenna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Ravenna is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenna
- Pontiac
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pontiac is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
- Juanita
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Juanita is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita
- Port Madison
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Port Madison is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Madison
- Ross ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Ross is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Fremont
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fremont is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont
- Edgewater ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Edgewater is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Woodinville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Day City ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Day City is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day City
- Grace
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Grace is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Esperance. See our List of 1890's Communities around Esperance.
Newspapers Published in Esperance ...
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 47 newspapers that have been published in the area around Esperance.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Esperance, there are papers which were published within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Esperance.
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 websites either 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 Esperance:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Snohomish County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Island County
- Jefferson County
- King County
- Kitsap County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Washington
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Esperance) 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 Esperance, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |