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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 Hamann Corner (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 Hamann Corner. 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 Hamann Corner ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Hamann Corner: Hamann Cor. (or less commonly used: Hamann Crn.)

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 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.

Hamann Corner 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 Hamann Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hamann Corner:

  • Spokane County     (The home county of Hamann Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamann Corner, with the one closest to Hamann Corner listed first.
    • Buckeye
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Buckeye is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
    • Colbert
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Dartford
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Dartford is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartford
    • Fairwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Fairwood is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwood
    • Chattaroy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Country Homes
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Country Homes is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Homes
    • Mead
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Nine Mile Falls
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Green Bluff
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Green Bluff is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bluff
    • Town and Country
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Town and Country is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town and Country
    • Deer Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hillyard
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Hillyard is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillyard
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamann Corner, with the one closest to Hamann Corner listed first.
    • Long Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Long Lake is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
    • Reardan
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Mondovi
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Mondovi is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
  • Pend Oreille County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamann Corner, with the one closest to Hamann Corner listed first.
    • Camden
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Camden is located in Pend Oreille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
    • Newport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Newport is located in Pend Oreille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,266 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <1>
    • Dalkena
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Dalkena is located in Pend Oreille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalkena
  • Stevens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamann Corner, with the one closest to Hamann Corner listed first.
    • Clavton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Tumtum
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Tumtum is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumtum
    • Clayton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Loon Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Ford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Springdale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Grays
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Grays is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
    • Kulzer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Kulzer is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulzer
    • Wellpinit
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Wellpinit is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellpinit
    • Valley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Waits
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Waits is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits
  • Bonner County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamann Corner, with the one closest to Hamann Corner listed first.
    • Blanchard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Oldtown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kootenai County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hamann Corner, with the one closest to Hamann Corner listed first.
    • Hauser
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Hauser is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hauser
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hauser <1>
    • State Line Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • State Line Village is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Village
    • State Line
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • State Line is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Post Falls
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Coeur d'Alene Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Coeur d'Alene Junction is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coeur d'Alene Junction
    • Rathdrum
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Rathdrum is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathdrum
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,419 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rathdrum <1>
    • Echo Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Echo Beach is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Beach
    • Sturgeon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Sturgeon is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon
    • Spirit Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Huetter
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Huetter is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huetter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
    • Garwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Garwood is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwood
    • Hayden
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • 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 Hamann Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Hamann Corner.

Cemeteries Near Hamann Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hamann Corner.

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 Hamann Corner - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Wayside Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Wild Rose Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Chattaroy Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Spokane Evergreen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Peone Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mt. St. Michael Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Orchard Prairie Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Kelly Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Fairmount Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairmount Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Spokane.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76786 <2>
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (41 more) ...
    • Milan Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Williams Valley Hillside Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Military Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 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>

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

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

  • Buckeye
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Buckeye is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Mead
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Chattaroy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hazard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Hazard is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
  • Deer Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Peone
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Peone is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peone
  • Spokane
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • East Spokane
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • East Spokane is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Spokane
  • Chester
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Chester is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Deep Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Deep Creek is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
  • Marshall
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Marshall is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Loon Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Hauser
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Hauser is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hauser
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hauser <1>
    • Hite
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hite is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hite
    • Medical Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Hamann Corner ...

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 100 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hamann Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hamann Corner, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hamann Corner.

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 Hamann Corner:

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