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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 Haynie (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 Haynie. 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 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.

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

  • Whatcom County     (The home county of Haynie)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haynie, with the one closest to Haynie listed first.
    • Custer
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Blaine
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Delta
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Delta is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Birch Bay
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Kickerville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Kickerville is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickerville
    • Ferndale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lynden
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Lummi
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Lummi is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lummi
    • Marietta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Marietta is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
    • Everson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Clearbrook
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Clearbrook is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearbrook
    • Nooksack
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Nooksack is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nooksack
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,659 people
  • San Juan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haynie, with the one closest to Haynie listed first.
    • Eastsound
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Waldron
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Waldron is located in San Juan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
    • Olga
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Deer Harbor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Orcas
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Shaw Island
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Shaw Island is located in San Juan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Island
  • Skagit County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Haynie, with the one closest to Haynie listed first.
    • Urban
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Urban is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban
    • Indian Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Indian Village is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Alger
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Alger is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alger
    • Edison
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Edison is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
    • Bow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Haynie ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Haynie.

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

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

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

  • Haynie Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Blaine Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Blaine Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Blaine.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76716 <2>
  • Kulshan Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Hillsdale Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Hazelmere Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Enterprise Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Berthusen Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Murrayville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murrayville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Murrayville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Murrayville (BC).
    • The Murrayville Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Historic Murrayville Cemetery
    • Langley Prairie Cemetery
    • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2136809 <2>
  • Langley Lawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Lynden Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Monumenta Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Gardens of Gethsemani Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (47 more) ...
    • Beth Tikvah Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beth Tikvah Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Beth Tikvah Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the south of Surrey (BC).
      • The Beth Tikvah Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Beth Tikvah Jewish Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2443242 <2>
    • Sunnyside Lawn Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Temple Sholom Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temple Sholom Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Temple Sholom Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the south of Surrey (BC).
      • The Temple Sholom Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Temple Shalom Cemetery
      • Temple Shalom Jewish Cemetery
      • Temple Sholom Jewish Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2388552 <2>

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, Haynie had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Hillsdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Hillsdale is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
  • Custer
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Blaine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Birch Bay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Delta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Delta is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Semiahmoo ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Semiahmoo is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semiahmoo
  • Mountain View
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Mountain View is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Lynden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Brennan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brennan is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brennan
  • Laurel
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Laurel is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
  • Lummi
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Lummi is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lummi
  • Marietta
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Marietta is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Everson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Hampton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Hampton is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
    • Van Wyck
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Van Wyck is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wyck

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

Newspapers Published in Haynie ...

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 65 newspapers that have been published in the area around Haynie.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Haynie, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Haynie.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Haynie:

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