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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 Lauderdale Junction (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 Lauderdale Junction. 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 Lauderdale Junction ...

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 Lauderdale Junction: Lauderdale Jct. (or less commonly used: Lauderdale Jctn.)

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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Lauderdale Junction is located in Kittitas 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 Kittitas County: Chelan, Douglas, Grant, King, Pierce & Yakima.

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

  • Kittitas County     (The home county of Lauderdale Junction)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lauderdale Junction, with the one closest to Lauderdale Junction listed first.
    • Liberty
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Liberty is located in Kittitas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
      • Former names for Liberty:
      • Meaghersville
      • Williams Creek
    • Teanaway
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Teanaway is located in Kittitas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teanaway
    • Thorp
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Cle Elum
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • South Cle Elum
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Roslyn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Ronald
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Ellensburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Nelson
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Nelson is located in Kittitas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
    • Pine Glen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Pine Glen is located in Kittitas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Glen
    • Kittitas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Easton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Cabin Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Cabin Creek is located in Kittitas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin Creek
  • Chelan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lauderdale Junction, with the one closest to Lauderdale Junction listed first.
    • Appleyard
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Appleyard is located in Chelan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleyard
    • Monitor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • West Wenatchee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • West Wenatchee is located in Chelan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wenatchee
    • Dryden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Cashmere
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Wenatchee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Peshastin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Sunnyslope
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Sunnyslope is located in Chelan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyslope
    • Malaga
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Leavenworth
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Douglas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lauderdale Junction, with the one closest to Lauderdale Junction listed first.
    • East Wenatchee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • East Wenatchee Bench
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • East Wenatchee Bench is located in Douglas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wenatchee Bench
    • Rock Island
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Lauderdale Junction ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lauderdale Junction.

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 Lauderdale Junction - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Swauk Prairie Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Thorp - Splawn Pioneer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Thorp Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Laurel Hill Memorial Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Old German Baptist Cascade Valley Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Stemilt Hill Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Peterson Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Wenatchee City Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenatchee City Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wenatchee City Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Wenatchee.
    • The Wenatchee City Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Wenatchee Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1053458 <2>
  • Cashmere Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Mountain View Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Evergreen Memorial Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunnyslope Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 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 Lauderdale Junction in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lauderdale Junction.

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

  • Teanaway
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Teanaway is located in Kittitas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teanaway
  • Thorp
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Cle Elum
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Roslyn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Ronald
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Ellensburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Nelson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Nelson is located in Kittitas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
  • Holmes
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Holmes is located in Kittitas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmes
  • Thrall
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Thrall is located in Kittitas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thrall
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Easton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Wenas
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Wenas is located in Yakima County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenas
    • Wenatchee
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Umtanum
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Umtanum is located in Kittitas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umtanum
    • Peshastin
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Martin
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Martin is located in Kittitas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin

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

Newspapers Published in Lauderdale Junction ...

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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lauderdale Junction.

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

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 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 Lauderdale Junction:

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 Lauderdale Junction, 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- Lauderdale Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.