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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 Ewan (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 Ewan. 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 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.

Ewan is located in Whitman 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 Whitman County: Benewah (ID), Latah (ID), Nez Perce (ID), Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Lincoln & Spokane.

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

  • Whitman County     (The home county of Ewan)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewan, with the one closest to Ewan listed first.
    • Juno
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Juno is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
    • Saint John
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Lamont
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine City ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine City is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
    • Endicott
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Malden
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Steptoe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Rosalia
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • LaCrosse
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Oakesdale
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Oakesdale is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakesdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
    • Colfax
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenwood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Glenwood is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
    • Elberton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Elberton is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberton
  • Adams County
    • Ritzville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewan, with the one closest to Ewan listed first.
    • Sprague
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Edwall
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Spokane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ewan, with the one closest to Ewan listed first.
    • Tyler
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Tyler is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
    • Spring Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Valley is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Cheney
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Spangle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Waverly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Waverly is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
    • Latah
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakeland Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Lakeland Village is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Village
    • Silver Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Silver Lake is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake

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

Cemeteries Near Ewan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ewan.

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

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

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

  • Caylor Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Grisham Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Pine City Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Winona Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Stipe Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Macabee Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lake View Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Lance Hill Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Rosalia IOOF Evergreen Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • 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>
  • Riggs Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (22 more) ...
    • Colfax Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Colfax Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Colfax.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76743 <2>
    • Oakesdale Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Rockdale Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 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 Ewan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Ewan.

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

  • Saint John
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Juno
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Juno is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
  • Sunset
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Sunset is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
  • Pine City ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine City is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
  • Winona
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Winona is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
  • Endicott
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Sutton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Sutton is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
  • Thornton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Thornton is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
  • Diamond
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Diamond is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
  • Sprague
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Steptoe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Rosalia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Mockonema
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Mockonema is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockonema
    • Plaza
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Plaza is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaza
    • Tyler
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Tyler is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler

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

Newspapers Published in Ewan ...

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 Ewan.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ewan, 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 Ewan.

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 helpful 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 Ewan:

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 Ewan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ewan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.