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 Hampton (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 Hampton. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Hampton is located in Whatcom 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 Whatcom County: Okanogan, San Juan & Skagit.
Below are the counties that are near Hampton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hampton:
- Whatcom County (The home county of Hampton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Everson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Nooksack
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Nooksack is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nooksack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,659 people
- Clearbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clearbrook is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook
- Sumas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lynden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Peaceful Valley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Peaceful Valley is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Valley
- Delta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Delta is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Kendall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Kendall is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendall
- Deming
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Welcome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Welcome is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Maple Falls
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Silver Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Silver Beach is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- San Juan County
- Eastsound
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Skagit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Alger
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Alger is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alger
- Bow
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Edison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Edison is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
- Urban
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Urban is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban
- Indian Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Indian Village is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
- Sedro - Woolley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hampton, see our County-by-County Page for Hampton.
Cemeteries Near Hampton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hampton.
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 Hampton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hampton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Nooksack Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Indian Joe Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greenwood Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- South Poplar Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Monumenta Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lynden Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Berthusen Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Musselwhite Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hazelwood Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelwood Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazelwood Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Abbotsford (BC).
- The Hazelwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Matsqui Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2215972 <2>
- MacLure Road Mennonite Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for MacLure Road Mennonite Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the MacLure Road Mennonite Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Abbotsford (BC).
- The MacLure Road Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hazelwood / McClure Road Mennonite Cemetery
- McClure Road Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2215356 <2>
- Kendall Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (38 more) ...
- Aberdeen Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Ferndale.
- The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Paradise Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77126 <2>
- Greenacres Memorial Park
(10 miles [16.1 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.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Hampton had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hampton, with the one closest to Hampton listed first.
- Everson
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Nooksack
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Nooksack is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nooksack
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,659 people
- Clearbrook
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Clearbrook is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook
- Sumas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lynden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Goshen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Goshen is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Wahl
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Wahl is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahl
- Delta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Delta is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
- Laurel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Laurel is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
- Deming
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Van Wyck
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Van Wyck is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wyck
- Welcome
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Welcome is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welcome
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Brennan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brennan is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brennan
- Silver Beach
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Silver Beach is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Geneva
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Geneva is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hampton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hampton.
Newspapers Published in Hampton ...
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 69 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hampton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hampton, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hampton.
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 Hampton:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Whatcom County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- San Juan County
- Skagit 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> | 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> | 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 Hampton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hampton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |