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 Freedom (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 Freedom. 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.
Freedom is located in Spokane 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 Spokane County: Benewah (ID), Bonner (ID), Kootenai (ID), Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens & Whitman.
Below are the counties that are near Freedom. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Freedom:
- Spokane County (The home county of Freedom)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Spangle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Waverly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waverly is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Spring Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Valley is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rockford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Valleyford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cheney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Latah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mica
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mica is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mica
- Marshall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Four Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Chester
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Chester is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Silver Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Edwall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sprague
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Reardan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Whitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Rosalia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Malden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pine City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine City is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Lone Pine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Pine is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Tekoa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakesdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oakesdale is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakesdale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Willard
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Willard is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Seltice
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Seltice is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seltice
- Juno
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Juno is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
- Saint John
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Belmont
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Eden
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eden is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Farmington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Benewah County (ID)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Willard
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Willard is located in Benewah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Plummer
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Plummer is located in Benewah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
- Tensed
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- De Smet
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- De Smet is located in Benewah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Smet
- Chatcolet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Chatcolet is located in Benewah County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatcolet
- Kootenai County (ID)
- The following are listed by their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Worley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Bellgrove
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Bellgrove is located in Kootenai County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellgrove
- State Line Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- State Line Village is located in Kootenai County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Village
- State Line
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- State Line is located in Kootenai County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Harrison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Conkling Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Conkling Park is located in Kootenai County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conkling Park
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Freedom, see our County-by-County Page for Freedom.
Cemeteries Near Freedom ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Freedom.
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 Freedom - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Freedom covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Rosalia IOOF Evergreen Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- 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>
- Mt. Hope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riggs Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Rosewood Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wood Memorial Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Farmington Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fairfield Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- New England Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Latah Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (50 more) ...
- Evergreen Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mica Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Green Mound Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
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 Freedom in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Freedom.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Freedom, with the one closest to Freedom listed first.
- Plaza
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Plaza is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaza
- Spangle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Waverly
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Waverly is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
- Rosalia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Fairfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Latah
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rockford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Cheney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pine City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pine City is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Freeman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Freeman is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
- Marshall
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marshall is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Mica
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mica is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mica
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Lone Pine
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lone Pine is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Thornton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Thornton is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
- Tekoa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Freedom. See our List of 1890's Communities around Freedom.
Newspapers Published in Freedom ...
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 96 newspapers that have been published in the area around Freedom.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Freedom, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Freedom.
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 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 Freedom:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Spokane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lincoln County
- Whitman County
- Benewah County
- Kootenai 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> | 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 Freedom, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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- Freedom) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |