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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 Lake Cavanaugh (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 Lake Cavanaugh. 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 Lake Cavanaugh ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Lake Cavanaugh: Lk. Cavanaugh

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.

Lake Cavanaugh is located in Skagit 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 Skagit County: Chelan, Island, Okanogan, San Juan, Snohomish & Whatcom.

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

  • Skagit County     (The home county of Lake Cavanaugh)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Cavanaugh, with the one closest to Lake Cavanaugh listed first.
    • Lake McMurray
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Lake McMurray is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake McMurray
    • Montborne
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Montborne is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montborne
    • Big Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Big Lake is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
    • Hamilton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Lyman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Clear Lake
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Clear Lake is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
    • Conway
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Mount Vernon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sedro - Woolley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Skagit City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Skagit City is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skagit City
    • Burlington
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Concrete
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Island County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Cavanaugh, with the one closest to Lake Cavanaugh listed first.
    • Juniper Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Juniper Beach is located in Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Beach
    • Camp Diana
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Camp Diana is located in Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Diana
    • Camano
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Langley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Clinton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Harbor
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Bay View
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Bay View is located in Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
    • Greenbank
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • King County
    • Northwest Snohomish
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Northwest Snohomish is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest Snohomish
  • Snohomish County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Cavanaugh, with the one closest to Lake Cavanaugh listed first.
    • Oso
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Oso is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oso
    • Arlington Heights
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Arlington Heights is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington Heights
    • Bryant
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Bryant is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
    • Arlington
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Swede Heaven
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Swede Heaven is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swede Heaven
    • Silvana
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Fortson
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Fortson is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortson
    • Lakewood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Smokey Point
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Stimson Crossing
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Stimson Crossing is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stimson Crossing
    • Lake Ketchum
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Lake Ketchum is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ketchum
    • North Stanwood
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • North Stanwood is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stanwood
  • Whatcom County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lake Cavanaugh, with the one closest to Lake Cavanaugh listed first.
    • Wickersham
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Wickersham is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickersham
    • Saxon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Saxon is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxon
    • Acme
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Lake Cavanaugh ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Cavanaugh.

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 Lake Cavanaugh - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Arlington Municipal Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 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
  • Clear Lake Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hamilton Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Lyman Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Scandinavian Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 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>
  • Union Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hawthorne Memorial Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Vernon Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Skagit City Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Our Saviours Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • American Legion Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (21 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.<3>

While we didn't find Lake Cavanaugh in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Cavanaugh.

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

  • Oso
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oso is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oso
  • Trafton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Trafton is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trafton
  • Bryant
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bryant is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
  • Montborne
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Montborne is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montborne
  • McMurray
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • McMurray is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMurray
  • Arlington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Big Lake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Lake is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
  • Norman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Norman is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norman
  • Silvana
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Edgecomb
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgecomb is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgecomb
  • Hamilton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Clear Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Clear Lake is located in Skagit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Lyman
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Birdsview
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Birdsview is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsview
    • Mount Vernon
      (15 miles [24.1 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 Lake Cavanaugh. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Cavanaugh.

Newspapers Published in Lake Cavanaugh ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Cavanaugh.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Cavanaugh, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Cavanaugh.

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 Lake Cavanaugh:

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 Lake Cavanaugh, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Lake Cavanaugh) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.