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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 Gilmer (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 Gilmer. 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 doctors 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.

Gilmer is located in Klickitat 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 Klickitat County: Gilliam (OR), Hood River (OR), Morrow (OR), Sherman (OR), Wasco (OR), Benton, Skamania & Yakima.

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

  • Klickitat County     (The home county of Gilmer)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gilmer, with the one closest to Gilmer listed first.
    • B Z Corner
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • B Z Corner is located in Klickitat County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B Z Corner
    • Husum
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Trout Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • White Salmon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Bingen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Appleton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Glenwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Klickitat
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Lyle
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Wahkiacus
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Wahkiacus is located in Klickitat County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahkiacus
    • Dallesport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Blockhouse
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Blockhouse is located in Klickitat County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockhouse
    • Centerville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Skamania County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gilmer, with the one closest to Gilmer listed first.
    • Underwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hood is located in Skamania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
    • Carson
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Stabler
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Stabler is located in Skamania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stabler
    • Stevenson
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Moffetts Hot Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Moffetts Hot Springs is located in Skamania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffetts Hot Springs
    • North Bonneville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hood River County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gilmer, with the one closest to Gilmer listed first.
    • Hood River
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Pine Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Pine Grove is located in Hood River County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
    • Lenz
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Lenz is located in Hood River County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenz
      • Lenz has also been known as:
      • Sherman Spur
    • Odell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Mount Hood
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Mount Hood is located in Hood River County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hood
    • Cascade Locks
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Parkdale
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Multnomah County (OR)
    • Bonneville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bonneville is located in Multnomah County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneville
  • Wasco County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gilmer, with the one closest to Gilmer listed first.
    • Mosier
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Mosier is located in Wasco County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosier
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mosier <1>
    • Rowena
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ortley ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Ortley is located in Wasco County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortley
    • Chenoweth
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Chenoweth is located in Wasco County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenoweth
    • City of The Dalles
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • City of The Dalles is located in Wasco County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of The Dalles
    • The Dalles
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Celilo Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Celilo Village is located in Wasco County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celilo Village
    • Fairbanks
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairbanks is located in Wasco County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
    • Endersby
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Endersby is located in Wasco County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endersby

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

Cemeteries Near Gilmer ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gilmer.

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

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

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

  • Gilmer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Dunkard Graveyard
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Trout Lake Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Adams Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • St. Mark the Evangelist Church Columbarium
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Frankton Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankton Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Frankton Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Hood River (OR).
    • The Frankton Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Backus Cemetery
    • Irving Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276895 <3>
  • Idlewilde Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Lyle Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain View Memorial Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • St. Mary's Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Mosier Pioneer Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Mosier Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (27 more) ...
    • McClure Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Grove Butte Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jackson Family Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Gilmer had a population of 27 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • White Salmon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Trout Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Mosier
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Mosier is located in Wasco County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosier
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mosier <1>
  • Glenwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Lyle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Rowena
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • The Dalles
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Blockhouse
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Blockhouse is located in Klickitat County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockhouse
  • Bonneville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bonneville is located in Multnomah County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneville

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

Newspapers Published in Gilmer ...

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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gilmer.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gilmer, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gilmer.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Gilmer:

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>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- Gilmer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Gilmer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.