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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 Fairwood (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 Fairwood. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

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

  • Spokane County     (The home county of Fairwood)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairwood, with the one closest to Fairwood listed first.
    • Dartford
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartford
      • Dartford is located in Spokane County
    • Country Homes
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Country Homes have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Homes
      • Country Homes is located in Spokane County
    • Mead
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Town and Country
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • 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
    • Colbert
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hillyard
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillyard
      • Hillyard is located in Spokane County
    • Spokane
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Nine Mile Falls
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Green Bluff
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bluff
      • Green Bluff is located in Spokane County
    • Chattaroy
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Millwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
      • Millwood is located in Spokane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,801 people
    • Dishman
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dishman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dishman
      • Dishman is located in Spokane County
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairwood, with the one closest to Fairwood listed first.
    • Long Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
      • Long Lake is located in Lincoln County
    • Reardan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Mondovi
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
      • Mondovi is located in Lincoln County
    • Edwall
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pend Oreille County
    • Camden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
      • Camden is located in Pend Oreille County
  • Stevens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairwood, with the one closest to Fairwood listed first.
    • Tumtum
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumtum
      • Tumtum is located in Stevens County
    • Clavton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Clayton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Ford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Loon Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Springdale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Wellpinit
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellpinit
      • Wellpinit is located in Stevens County
    • Grays
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
      • Grays is located in Stevens County
    • Kulzer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulzer
      • Kulzer is located in Stevens County
  • Bonner County (ID)
    • Blanchard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blanchard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
      • Blanchard is located in Bonner County (ID)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blanchard <2>
  • Kootenai County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fairwood, with the one closest to Fairwood listed first.
    • Hauser
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hauser have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hauser
      • Hauser is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hauser <2>
    • State Line Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Line Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Village
      • State Line Village is located in Kootenai County (ID)
    • State Line
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Line have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
      • State Line is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Post Falls
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Post Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Falls
      • Post Falls is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,933 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Post Falls <2>
    • Coeur d'Alene Junction
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coeur d'Alene Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coeur d'Alene Junction
      • Coeur d'Alene Junction is located in Kootenai County (ID)
    • Rathdrum
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rathdrum have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathdrum
      • Rathdrum is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,419 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rathdrum <2>
    • Echo Beach
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Beach
      • Echo Beach is located in Kootenai County (ID)
    • Huetter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huetter
      • Huetter is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
    • Sturgeon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon
      • Sturgeon is located in Kootenai County (ID)
    • Bellgrove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellgrove
      • Bellgrove is located in Kootenai County (ID)
    • Coeur d'Alene
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Garwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwood
      • Garwood is located in Kootenai County (ID)

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

Newspapers Published in Fairwood ...

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 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fairwood.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fairwood, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fairwood.

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 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 Fairwood:

Cemeteries Near Fairwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fairwood.

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 Fairwood covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Spokane Evergreen Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Spokane Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Spokane Evergreen Cemetery
  • Mt. St. Michael Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. St. Michael Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. St. Michael Cemetery
  • Orchard Prairie Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Orchard Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orchard Prairie Cemetery
  • Fairmount Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Peone Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Military Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Military Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Military Cemetery
  • Wayside Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wayside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wayside Cemetery
  • Mt. Nebo Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • 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.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Nebo Cemetery
  • Riverside Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • 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.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Memorial Park
  • Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
  • Wild Rose Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wild Rose Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wild Rose Cemetery
  • Continue List   (47 more) ...
    • Greenwood Memorial Terrace Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • 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.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Memorial Terrace Cemetery
    • Chattaroy Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chattaroy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chattaroy Cemetery
    • Englewood Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Englewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Englewood Cemetery

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

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

  • Mead
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Buckeye
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckeye have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
    • Buckeye is located in Spokane County
  • Spokane
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hazard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • 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
  • Chattaroy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • East Spokane
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Peone
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peone
    • Peone is located in Spokane County
  • Chester
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Chester is located in Spokane County
  • Deer Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Marshall
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
    • Marshall is located in Spokane County
  • Deep Creek
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
    • Deep Creek is located in Spokane County
  • Mica
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mica
    • Mica is located in Spokane County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Hite
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • 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
    • Medical Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Hauser
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hauser have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hauser
      • Hauser is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hauser <2>

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Fairwood. 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://access.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>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fairwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fairwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7668, Longitude: -117.4174       In this case, the coordinates for Fairwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Fairwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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