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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 Harmony (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 Harmony. 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 and doctors 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.

Harmony is located in Lewis 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 Lewis County: Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Pacific, Pierce, Skamania, Thurston, Wahkiakum & Yakima.

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

  • Lewis County     (The home county of Harmony)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
    • Mossyrock
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Cinebar
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ajlune
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Ajlune is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajlune
    • Silver Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Salkum
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Lacamas
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Lacamas is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacamas
    • Wilson
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Wilson is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
    • Morton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Onalaska
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Ethel
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Glenoma
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Mineral
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Urban
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Saint Urban is located in Lewis County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Urban
  • Cowlitz County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
    • Toutle
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Silver Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Olequa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Olequa is located in Cowlitz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olequa
    • Castle Rock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ryderwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ryderwood is located in Cowlitz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryderwood
    • Pleasant Hill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Cowlitz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Pierce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
    • Alder
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Alder is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder
    • Elbe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • La Grande
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Eatonville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Ashford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • McKenna
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Clay City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Clay City is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay City
    • Mock City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Mock City is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mock City
    • Roy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Roy is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 823 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roy <1>
    • South Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • South Creek is located in Pierce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Creek
  • Thurston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harmony, with the one closest to Harmony listed first.
    • Bucoda
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Rainier
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • McIntosh
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • McIntosh is located in Thurston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McIntosh
    • Yelm
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Yelm is located in Thurston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yelm
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,591 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yelm <1>
    • Tenino
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • North Yelm
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • North Yelm is located in Thurston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Yelm
    • Grand Mound
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Harmony ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harmony.

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

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

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

  • Klickitat Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Shoestring Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Alpha Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Lone Hill Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Alder Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Tower Twp. Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Twp. Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tower Twp. Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> to the northeast of Castle Rock.
    • The Tower Twp. Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Tower Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2277304 <3>
  • Mashel Prairie Indian Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Silver Lake Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Silver Lake Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Toutle.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77049 <3>
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Fern Hill Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Eatonville Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eatonville Cemetery
    • The Eatonville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Glacier Park Cemetery
    • Glacier View Cemetery
  • Rainier Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainier Cemetery
    • The Rainier Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Old Indian Cemetery
    • Old Pioneer Cemetery
    • Rainer Free Cemetery
    • Stringtown Cemetery
  • Continue List   (18 more) ...
    • Rosin Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosin Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosin Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Castle Rock.
      • The Rosin Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Rosin Cemetery
      • Tower Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77025 <3>
    • Snow Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Rainier Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Harmony had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Mossyrock
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Bremer
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bremer is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremer
  • Cinebar
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Silver Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Swofford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Swofford is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swofford
  • Salkum
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Alpha
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Alpha is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
  • Wilson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilson is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
  • Morton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Ethel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Cowlitz
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Cowlitz is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowlitz
  • Toledo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Toutle
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sightly
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Sightly is located in Cowlitz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sightly
    • Napavine
      (20 miles [32.2 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 Harmony. See our List of 1890's Communities around Harmony.

Newspapers Published in Harmony ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harmony.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harmony, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harmony.

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 Harmony:

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- Harmony) 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 Harmony, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.