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 Hazel (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 Hazel. 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 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.
Hazel is located in Snohomish 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 Snohomish County: Chelan, Island, King & Skagit.
Below are the counties that are near Hazel. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hazel:
- Snohomish County (The home county of Hazel)
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazel, with the one closest to Hazel listed first.
- Fortson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Fortson is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortson
- Swede Heaven
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Swede Heaven is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swede Heaven
- Oso
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oso is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oso
- Darrington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Verlot
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Verlot is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verlot
- Arlington Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington Heights is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Heights
- Granite Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bryant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bryant is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Silverton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Silverton is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
- Lake Bosworth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Bosworth is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Bosworth
- Pilchuck
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pilchuck is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilchuck
- Lochsloy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lochsloy is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lochsloy
- Island County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazel, with the one closest to Hazel listed first.
- Juniper Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Juniper Beach is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Beach
- Camp Diana
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Camp Diana is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Diana
- King County
- Northwest Snohomish
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Northwest Snohomish is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest Snohomish
- Skagit County
- The following are listed by their distance from Hazel, with the one closest to Hazel listed first.
- Lake Cavanaugh
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lake Cavanaugh is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Cavanaugh
- Mansford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mansford is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansford
- Rockport
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Concrete
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hamilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lake McMurray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lake McMurray is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake McMurray
- Lyman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Montborne
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Montborne is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montborne
- Big Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Big Lake is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Clear Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Clear Lake is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Marblemount
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Conway
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Sedro - Woolley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Hazel, see our County-by-County Page for Hazel.
Cemeteries Near Hazel ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hazel.
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 Hazel - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Hazel covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Hazel, with the one closest to Hazel listed first.
- Indian Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- American Legion Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arlington Municipal Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Municipal Cemetery
- The Arlington Municipal Cemetery has also been known as:
- Arlington Cemetery
- Harwood Cemetery
- Forest Park Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Suiattle Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lyman Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Marysville Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Machias Community Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Clear Lake Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Scandinavian Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavian Cemetery
- The Scandinavian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Milltown Cemetery
- Old Milltown Lutheran Cemetery
- Scandinavian Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2168007 <2>
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Our Saviours Lutheran Church Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Hawthorne Memorial Park
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
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>
While we didn't find Hazel in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Hazel.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Hazel, with the one closest to Hazel listed first.
- Oso
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Oso is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oso
- Trafton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Trafton is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trafton
- Mansford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Mansford is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mansford
- Arlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Granite Falls
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sauk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sauk is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk
- Bryant
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bryant is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- Birdsview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Birdsview is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsview
- Edgecomb
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Edgecomb is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgecomb
- Pilchuck
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pilchuck is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilchuck
- Hamilton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Getchell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Getchell is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Getchell
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- McMurray
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- McMurray is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMurray
- Hartford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hartford is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Lyman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Hazel. See our List of 1890's Communities around Hazel.
Newspapers Published in Hazel ...
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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hazel.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hazel, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hazel.
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 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 Hazel:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Snohomish County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Island County
- King 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 Hazel, 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- Hazel) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |