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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 Hazard (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 Hazard. 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 southeast 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 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 east 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.

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

  • Spokane County     (The home county of Hazard)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hazard, with the one closest to Hazard listed first.
    • Deer Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Buckeye
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Buckeye is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
    • Chattaroy
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Nine Mile Falls
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Dartford
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Dartford is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartford
    • Colbert
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairwood is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwood
    • Country Homes
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Country Homes is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Homes
    • Mead
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Bluff
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Green Bluff is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bluff
    • Town and Country
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Town and Country is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town and Country
    • Grays Landing
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Grays Landing is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Landing
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hazard, with the one closest to Hazard listed first.
    • Long Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Long Lake is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
    • Reardan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mondovi
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Mondovi is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
  • Pend Oreille County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hazard, with the one closest to Hazard 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
    • Dalkena
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Dalkena is located in Pend Oreille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalkena
    • Newport
      (30 miles [48.3 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>
  • Stevens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hazard, with the one closest to Hazard listed first.
    • Tumtum
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Tumtum is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumtum
    • Clavton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Clayton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Loon Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Ford
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Springdale
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Grays
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Grays is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
    • Kulzer
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Kulzer is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulzer
    • Wellpinit
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Wellpinit is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellpinit
    • Valley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Waits
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Waits is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits
    • Chewelah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Bonner County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hazard, with the one closest to Hazard listed first.
    • Blanchard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Oldtown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Kootenai County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hazard, with the one closest to Hazard listed first.
    • Hauser
      (24 miles [38.6 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
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • State Line Village is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Village
    • State Line
      (25 miles [40.2 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
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Coeur d'Alene Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Coeur d'Alene Junction is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coeur d'Alene Junction
    • Echo Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Echo Beach is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Beach
    • Rathdrum
      (29 miles [46.7 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>
    • Spirit Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Sturgeon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Sturgeon is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon

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

Cemeteries Near Hazard ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hazard.

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

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

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

  • Wild Rose Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Wayside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Williams Valley Hillside Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Kelly Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Scotts Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Tumtum Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Chattaroy Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Zion Hill Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Milan Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Fairmount Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 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>
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (36 more) ...

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 Hazard had a population of 79 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Deer Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Buckeye
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Buckeye is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Chattaroy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mead
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Loon Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Peone
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Peone is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peone
  • Spokane
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Springdale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Deep Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Deep Creek is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
  • East Spokane
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • East Spokane is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Spokane
  • Hite
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hite is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hite
  • Marshall
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Marshall is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Chester
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Chester is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Reardan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Medical Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Hazard ...

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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hazard.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hazard, 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 Hazard.

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 Hazard:

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hazard) 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 Hazard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.