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 Lakeland Village (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 Lakeland Village. 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 Lakeland Village ...
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 Lakeland Village: Lakeland Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lakeland Village. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lakeland Village.
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 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.
Lakeland Village 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 Lakeland Village. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lakeland Village:
- Spokane County (The home county of Lakeland Village)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeland Village, with the one closest to Lakeland Village listed first.
- Medical Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Silver Lake
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Silver Lake is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Four Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Deep Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Deep Creek is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Cheney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Airway Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Tyler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tyler is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Marshall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marshall is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Spokane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Nine Mile Falls
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Town and Country
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Town and Country is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town and Country
- Spangle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Country Homes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Country Homes is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Homes
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeland Village, with the one closest to Lakeland Village listed first.
- Reardan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Edwall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mondovi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mondovi is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
- Omans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Omans is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omans
- Bluestem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Bluestem is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestem
- Long Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Long Lake is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
- Sprague
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Davenport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Harrington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rocklyn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Rocklyn is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklyn
- Mohler
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mohler is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohler
- Stevens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeland Village, with the one closest to Lakeland Village listed first.
- Tumtum
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tumtum is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumtum
- Ford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Wellpinit
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Wellpinit is located in Stevens County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellpinit
- Whitman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lakeland Village, with the one closest to Lakeland Village listed first.
- Malden
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lamont
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pine City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pine City is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
- Rosalia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Juno
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Juno is located in Whitman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juno
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lakeland Village, see our County-by-County Page for Lakeland Village.
Cemeteries Near Lakeland Village ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lakeland Village.
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 Lakeland Village - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lakeland Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lakeland Village, with the one closest to Lakeland Village listed first.
- Lakes Memorial Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- St. Annes Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Medical Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Mound Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- New England Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marshall Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Rockdale Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lance Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Edwall Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Spokane Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Riverside Memorial Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (48 more) ...
- Greenwood Memorial Terrace Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Nebo Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Military Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
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 Lakeland Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lakeland Village.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lakeland Village, with the one closest to Lakeland Village listed first.
- Medical Lake
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Deep Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Deep Creek is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
- Cheney
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Tyler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Tyler is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
- Hite
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hite is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hite
- Marshall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Marshall is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Reardan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Spokane
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Spangle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mondovi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mondovi is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
- Omans
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Omans is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omans
- East Spokane
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- East Spokane is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Spokane
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Sprague
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plaza
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Plaza is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaza
- Chester
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Chester is located in Spokane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lakeland Village. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lakeland Village.
Newspapers Published in Lakeland Village ...
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 102 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lakeland Village.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lakeland Village, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lakeland Village.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Lakeland Village:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Spokane County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lincoln County
- Stevens County
- Whitman 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 Lakeland Village, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Lakeland Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |