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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 Grassmere (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 Grassmere. 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 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.

Grassmere is located in Skagit 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 Skagit County: Chelan, Island, Okanogan, San Juan, Snohomish & Whatcom.

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

  • Skagit County     (The home county of Grassmere)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grassmere, with the one closest to Grassmere listed first.
    • Concrete
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Rockport
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Hamilton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lyman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Marblemount
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Lake Cavanaugh
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Cavanaugh is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cavanaugh
    • Mansford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Mansford is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansford
    • Clear Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Clear Lake is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
    • Sedro - Woolley
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Big Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Big Lake is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
    • Montborne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Montborne is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montborne
    • Burlington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Snohomish County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grassmere, with the one closest to Grassmere listed first.
    • Swede Heaven
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Swede Heaven is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swede Heaven
    • Fortson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Fortson is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortson
    • Oso
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Oso is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oso
    • Darrington
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Arlington Heights
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Arlington Heights is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Heights
    • Bryant
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Bryant is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
    • Arlington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Whatcom County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grassmere, with the one closest to Grassmere listed first.
    • Saxon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Saxon is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxon
    • Wickersham
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Wickersham is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickersham
    • Acme
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Clipper
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Clipper is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper
    • Glacier
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Welcome
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Welcome is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
    • Deming
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sudden Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sudden Valley is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudden Valley
    • Maple Falls
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kendall
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Kendall is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall

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

Cemeteries Near Grassmere ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grassmere.

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

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

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

  • Forest Park Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Lyman Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Union Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Indian Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Saxon Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Clear Lake Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Suiattle Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Hills Memorial Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Hawthorne Memorial Park
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Van Zandt Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Mt. Hope Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bow Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Skagit City Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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.<2>

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

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

  • Birdsview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Birdsview is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsview
  • Sauk
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Sauk is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk
  • Hamilton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Lyman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Marblemount
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Oso
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Oso is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oso
  • Mansford
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Mansford is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansford
  • Clear Lake
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Clear Lake is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
  • Saxon
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Saxon is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxon
  • Wickersham
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Wickersham is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickersham
  • Prairie
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Prairie is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
  • Big Lake
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Big Lake is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Montborne
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Montborne is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montborne
    • Acme
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Trafton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Trafton is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trafton

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

Newspapers Published in Grassmere ...

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 39 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grassmere.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grassmere, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Grassmere.

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 Grassmere:

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