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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 Grahams Landing (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 Grahams Landing. 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.

Name Variations for Grahams Landing ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Grahams Landing: Grahams Lndg. (or less commonly used: Grahams Lndng.)
  • While the name of this community is Grahams Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Grahams Landing may originally have been Graham's Landing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Grahams Landing might be written as Graham Landing.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Grahams Landing is located in Asotin 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 Asotin County: Nez Perce (ID), Wallowa (OR), Garfield & Whitman.

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

  • Asotin County     (The home county of Grahams Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grahams Landing, with the one closest to Grahams Landing listed first.
    • Asotin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Anatone
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarkston Heights - Vineland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Clarkston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • West Clarkston - Highland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Cloverland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Cloverland is located in Asotin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
    • Silcott
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Silcott is located in Asotin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silcott
  • Garfield County
    • Peola
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Peola is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola
  • Whitman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grahams Landing, with the one closest to Grahams Landing listed first.
    • Leon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Leon is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
    • Uniontown
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Colton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Idaho County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grahams Landing, with the one closest to Grahams Landing listed first.
    • Ferdinand
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Keuterville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Boles
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Boles is located in Idaho County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
  • Latah County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grahams Landing, with the one closest to Grahams Landing listed first.
    • Genesee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Juliaetta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lenville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Lenville is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenville
    • Kendrick
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewis County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grahams Landing, with the one closest to Grahams Landing listed first.
    • Slickpoo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Slickpoo is located in Lewis County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickpoo
    • Winchester
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Reubens
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Reubens is located in Lewis County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reubens
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
    • Ruebens
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Ruebens is located in Lewis County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruebens
    • Craigmont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Nez Perce County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grahams Landing, with the one closest to Grahams Landing listed first.
    • Waha
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Waha is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waha
    • Lewiston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Lewiston is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,039 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewiston <2>
    • Sweetwater
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Sweetwater is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
    • Lapwai
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lapwai is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapwai
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lapwai <2>
    • North Lapwai
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Culdesac
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Culdesac is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culdesac
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Culdesac <2>
    • Spalding
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Leon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Leon is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
    • Chesley ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Chesley is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesley
    • Cherrylane
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Cherrylane is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrylane
    • Lenore
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Peck
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Peck is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 197 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peck <2>
  • Wallowa County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grahams Landing, with the one closest to Grahams Landing listed first.
    • Flora ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Flora is located in Wallowa County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
    • Troy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Troy is located in Wallowa County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy

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

Cemeteries Near Grahams Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grahams Landing.

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 Grahams Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Theon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Craige Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Tammany Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Asotin City Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asotin City Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Asotin City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Asotin.
    • The Asotin City Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Asotin Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76703 <3>
  • Red Elk Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lewis & Clark Memorial Gardens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Sweetwater Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Normal Hill Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Cloverland Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Lake Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • J.M. Silcott Gravesite
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Vineland Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vineland Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Vineland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the west of Clarkston.
    • The Vineland Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Clarkston Vineland Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77100 <3>
  • Continue List   (44 more) ...

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>

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

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

  • Waha
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Waha is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waha
  • Theon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Theon is located in Asotin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theon
  • Asotin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Anatone
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewiston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Lewiston is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,039 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewiston <2>
  • Silcott
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Silcott is located in Asotin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silcott
  • Leon
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Leon is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
  • Uniontown
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Genesee
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Paradise
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Paradise is located in Wallowa County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
  • Colton
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Peola
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Peola is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Flora ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Flora is located in Wallowa County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
    • Juliaetta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Johnson
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Johnson is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson

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

Newspapers Published in Grahams Landing ...

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 56 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grahams Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grahams Landing, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grahams Landing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Grahams Landing:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 Grahams Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Grahams Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.