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 Klickitat Springs (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 Klickitat Springs. 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.
Name Variations for Klickitat Springs ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Klickitat Springs: Klickitat Spgs. (or less commonly used: Klickitat Spngs. or Klickitat Sprngs.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors and 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.
Klickitat Springs is located in Klickitat 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 Klickitat County: Gilliam (OR), Hood River (OR), Morrow (OR), Sherman (OR), Wasco (OR), Benton, Skamania & Yakima.
Below are the counties that are near Klickitat Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Klickitat Springs:
- Klickitat County (The home county of Klickitat Springs)
- The following are listed by their distance from Klickitat Springs, with the one closest to Klickitat Springs listed first.
- Wahkiacus
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Wahkiacus is located in Klickitat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahkiacus
- Klickitat
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Appleton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blockhouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Blockhouse is located in Klickitat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockhouse
- Centerville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wishram
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Goldendale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Dallesport
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Glenwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maryhill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Husum
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Skamania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Klickitat Springs, with the one closest to Klickitat Springs listed first.
- Underwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hood is located in Skamania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Hood River County (OR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Klickitat Springs, with the one closest to Klickitat Springs listed first.
- Hood River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Pine Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove is located in Hood River County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Lenz
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lenz is located in Hood River County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenz
- Lenz has also been known as:
- Sherman Spur
- Odell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hood is located in Hood River County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hood
- Sherman County (OR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Klickitat Springs, with the one closest to Klickitat Springs listed first.
- Biggs Junction
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rufus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wasco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Sinks ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sinks is located in Sherman County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinks
- De Moss Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- De Moss Springs is located in Sherman County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Moss Springs
- Emigrant Springs ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Emigrant Springs is located in Sherman County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emigrant Springs
- Gordon ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon is located in Sherman County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Klondike
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Klondike is located in Sherman County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Moro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Moro is located in Sherman County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moro <1>
- Wasco County (OR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Klickitat Springs, with the one closest to Klickitat Springs listed first.
- Rowena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Celilo Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Celilo Village is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celilo Village
- Fairbanks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairbanks is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- Chenoweth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Chenoweth is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenoweth
- Ortley ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ortley is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortley
- City of The Dalles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- City of The Dalles is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of The Dalles
- The Dalles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mosier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Boyd is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Endersby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Endersby is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endersby
- Rice ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rice is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Dufur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Klickitat Springs, see our County-by-County Page for Klickitat Springs.
Cemeteries Near Klickitat Springs ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Klickitat Springs.
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 Klickitat Springs - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Klickitat Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Klickitat Springs, with the one closest to Klickitat Springs listed first.
- Hartland Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Crawford Family Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dunkard Graveyard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lyle Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- McClure Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wish - Ham Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Viewpoint Grave Island Memorial
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Petersburg Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Celilo Indian Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Celilo Indian Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mosier Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (31 more) ...
- IOOF Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mt. Adams Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 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.<2>
While we didn't find Klickitat Springs in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Klickitat Springs.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Klickitat Springs, with the one closest to Klickitat Springs listed first.
- Blockhouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Blockhouse is located in Klickitat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockhouse
- Lyle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rowena
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Goldendale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- The Dalles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Glenwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mosier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Biggs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Biggs is located in Sherman County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs
- Gilmer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Gilmer is located in Klickitat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
- White Salmon
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rufus
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Boyd ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Boyd is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Trout Lake
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Dufur
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Wasco
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Klickitat Springs. See our List of 1890's Communities around Klickitat Springs.
Newspapers Published in Klickitat Springs ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Klickitat Springs.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Klickitat Springs, 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 Klickitat Springs.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Klickitat Springs:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Klickitat County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Skamania County
- Hood River County
- Sherman County
- Wasco 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> | 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 Klickitat Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <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 drawn from Point A (ie- Klickitat Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |