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 Grahams (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. 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.
Grahams is located in Pend Oreille 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 Pend Oreille County: Bonner (ID), Boundary (ID), Kootenai (ID), Spokane & Stevens.
Below are the counties that are near Grahams. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grahams:
- Pend Oreille County (The home county of Grahams)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grahams, with the one closest to Grahams listed first.
- Camden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Camden is located in Pend Oreille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
- Newport
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Dalkena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Dalkena is located in Pend Oreille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalkena
- Usk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Cusick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ruby
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Ruby is located in Pend Oreille County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Spokane County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grahams, with the one closest to Grahams listed first.
- Elk
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grays Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Grays Landing is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Landing
- Chattaroy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Deer Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Green Bluff
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Green Bluff is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bluff
- Buckeye
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buckeye is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Colbert
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Peone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Peone is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peone
- Newman Lake
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Dartford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dartford is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartford
- Fairwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fairwood is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwood
- Country Homes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Country Homes is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Homes
- Stevens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grahams, with the one closest to Grahams listed first.
- Clavton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Clayton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Loon Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Kulzer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kulzer is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulzer
- Grays
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Grays is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
- Springdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tumtum
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tumtum is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumtum
- Chewelah
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Waits
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Waits is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits
- Bonner County (ID)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grahams, with the one closest to Grahams listed first.
- Oldtown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Blanchard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Priest River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Laclede
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wrencoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Wrencoe is located in Bonner County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
- Careywood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cocolalla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Westmond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Westmond is located in Bonner County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmond
- Dufort
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Dufort is located in Bonner County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dufort
- Algoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Algoma is located in Bonner County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
- Sagle
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Dover
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coolin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kootenai County (ID)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grahams, with the one closest to Grahams listed first.
- Spirit Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Echo Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Echo Beach is located in Kootenai County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Beach
- Sturgeon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sturgeon is located in Kootenai County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon
- Hauser
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Athol
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rathdrum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Garwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Garwood is located in Kootenai County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwood
- Coeur d'Alene Junction
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coeur d'Alene Junction is located in Kootenai County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coeur d'Alene Junction
- State Line Village
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- 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 south)
- State Line is located in Kootenai County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Belmont
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Belmont is located in Kootenai County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Post Falls
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hayden is located in Kootenai County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 15,713 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayden <1>
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grahams, see our County-by-County Page for Grahams.
Cemeteries Near Grahams ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grahams.
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 - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grahams covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grahams, with the one closest to Grahams listed first.
- Newport Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Milan Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kelly Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chattaroy Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Woodland Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Seneacquoteen Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wayside Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Wild Rose Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Williams Valley Hillside Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (23 more) ...
- Peone Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
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 in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grahams.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grahams, with the one closest to Grahams listed first.
- Priest River
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deer Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chattaroy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buckeye
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buckeye is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Peone
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Peone is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peone
- Hazard
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hazard is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
- Loon Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Hauser
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ramsey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Ramsey is located in Kootenai County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
- Athol
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rathdrum
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Cocolalla
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Springdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grahams. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grahams.
Newspapers Published in Grahams ...
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 Grahams.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grahams, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grahams.
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 Grahams:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Pend Oreille County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Spokane County
- Stevens County
- Bonner 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> | 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- Grahams) 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 Grahams, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |