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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Farmer. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Farmer to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Farmer, please Contact Us.

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 Farmer (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 Farmer. 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Farmer is historic, it would have been located within present day Douglas 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 Douglas County: Chelan, Grant, Kittitas, Lincoln & Okanogan.

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

  • Douglas County     (The home county of Farmer)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farmer, with the one closest to Farmer listed first.
    • Withrow
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Withrow
      • Withrow is located in Douglas County
    • Okanogan City ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Okanogan City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Okanogan City
      • Okanogan City is located in Douglas County
    • Waterville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Palisades
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
      • Palisades is located in Douglas County
    • Mansfield
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Beebe
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beebe
      • Beebe is located in Douglas County
    • Orondo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Rock Island
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mold ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mold
      • Mold is located in Douglas County
    • East Wenatchee Bench
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Wenatchee Bench have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wenatchee Bench
      • East Wenatchee Bench is located in Douglas County
    • East Wenatchee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bridgeport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Chelan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farmer, with the one closest to Farmer listed first.
    • Chelan Falls
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Chelan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Entiat
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Manson
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Malaga
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Granite Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granite Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Falls
      • Granite Falls is located in Chelan County
    • Wenatchee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Sunnyslope
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunnyslope have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyslope
      • Sunnyslope is located in Chelan County
    • Appleyard
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleyard
      • Appleyard is located in Chelan County
    • West Wenatchee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Wenatchee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wenatchee
      • West Wenatchee is located in Chelan County
    • Ardenvoir
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Monitor
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farmer, with the one closest to Farmer listed first.
    • Lakeview
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
      • Lakeview is located in Grant County
    • Soap Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Ephrata
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Banks Lake South
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks Lake South
      • Banks Lake South is located in Grant County
    • Coulee City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Quincy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Stratford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
      • Stratford is located in Grant County
  • Okanogan County
    • Pateros
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Farmer ...

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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Farmer.

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

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 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 Farmer:

Cemeteries Near Farmer ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farmer.

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

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

  • Happy Home Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Happy Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Happy Home Cemetery
  • Evangelical Emanuel Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evangelical Emanuel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evangelical Emanuel Cemetery
  • Slack Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Slack Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Slack Cemetery
  • Douglas Luthern Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Douglas Luthern Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Douglas Luthern Cemetery
  • Jameson Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jameson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jameson Cemetery
  • Fletcher Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fletcher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fletcher Cemetery
  • Badger Mtn. Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Badger Mtn. Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Badger Mtn. Cemetery
  • Waterville Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • The Waterville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Fraternity Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Waterville Cemetery
  • Highland Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Highland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Cemetery
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
  • Danish Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Danish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Danish Cemetery
  • Chelan Fraternal Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chelan Fraternal Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chelan Fraternal Cemetery
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Brays Landing Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brays Landing Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brays Landing Cemetery
    • Orondo Community Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Orondo Community Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Orondo Community Cemetery
    • South Side Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the South Side Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the South Side 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.

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

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

  • Douglas
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Douglas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
    • Douglas is located in Douglas County
  • Waterville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Saint Andrews
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Andrews have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Andrews
    • Saint Andrews is located in Douglas County
  • Orondo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Wenatchee
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)

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

The official website for Douglas County: www.douglascountywa.net/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Farmer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Farmer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Farmer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.6126, Longitude: -119.8120       In this case, the coordinates for Farmer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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