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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 Laws Corner (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 Laws Corner. 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 Laws Corner ...

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 have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Laws Corner: Laws Cor. (or less commonly used: Laws Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Laws Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Laws Corner may originally have been Law's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Laws Corner might be written as Law Corner.

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 and hospitals 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.

Laws Corner is located in Klickitat County.

To see how the shape of Washington's counties 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 Laws Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Laws Corner:

  • Klickitat County     (The home county of Laws Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laws Corner, with the one closest to Laws Corner listed first.
    • Bingen
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • White Salmon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Husum
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • B Z Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B Z Corner
      • B Z Corner is located in Klickitat County
    • Lyle
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Appleton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Klickitat
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Dallesport
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Wahkiacus
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahkiacus
      • Wahkiacus is located in Klickitat County
    • Trout Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Glenwood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Wishram
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Skamania County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laws Corner, with the one closest to Laws Corner listed first.
    • Underwood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hood
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
      • Hood is located in Skamania County
    • Carson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Stevenson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Stabler
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stabler
      • Stabler is located in Skamania County
    • Moffetts Hot Springs
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffetts Hot Springs
      • Moffetts Hot Springs is located in Skamania County
    • North Bonneville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Hood River County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laws Corner, with the one closest to Laws Corner listed first.
    • Hood River
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Grove
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
      • Pine Grove is located in Hood River County (OR)
    • Lenz
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenz
      • Lenz is located in Hood River County (OR)
      • Lenz has also been known as:
      • Sherman Spur
    • Odell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Odell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
      • Odell is located in Hood River County (OR)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odell <2>
    • Mount Hood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hood
      • Mount Hood is located in Hood River County (OR)
    • Parkdale
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
      • Parkdale is located in Hood River County (OR)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parkdale <2>
    • Cascade Locks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cascade Locks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Locks
      • Cascade Locks is located in Hood River County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cascade Locks <2>
  • Multnomah County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laws Corner, with the one closest to Laws Corner listed first.
    • Bonneville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonneville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneville
      • Bonneville is located in Multnomah County (OR)
    • Warrendale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrendale
      • Warrendale is located in Multnomah County (OR)
  • Sherman County (OR)
    • Biggs Junction
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Biggs Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs Junction
      • Biggs Junction is located in Sherman County (OR)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Biggs Junction <2>
  • Wasco County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Laws Corner, with the one closest to Laws Corner listed first.
    • Mosier
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosier
      • Mosier is located in Wasco County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mosier <2>
    • Ortley ‑ Historic
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortley
      • Ortley is located in Wasco County (OR)
    • Rowena
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Chenoweth
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chenoweth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenoweth
      • Chenoweth is located in Wasco County (OR)
    • City of The Dalles
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for City of The Dalles came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of The Dalles
      • City of The Dalles is located in Wasco County (OR)
    • The Dalles
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairbanks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
      • Fairbanks is located in Wasco County (OR)
    • Celilo Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Celilo Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celilo Village
      • Celilo Village is located in Wasco County (OR)
    • Boyd ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
      • Boyd is located in Wasco County (OR)
    • Dufur
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dufur
      • Dufur is located in Wasco County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dufur <2>
    • Rice ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
      • Rice is located in Wasco County (OR)
    • Friend ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
      • Friend is located in Wasco County (OR)

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

Newspapers Published in Laws Corner ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Laws Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Laws Corner, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Laws Corner.

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 Laws Corner:

Cemeteries Near Laws Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Laws Corner.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • St. Mark the Evangelist Church Columbarium
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Mark the Evangelist Church Columbarium have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mark the Evangelist Church Columbarium
  • Mosier Pioneer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mosier Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mosier Pioneer Cemetery
  • Mosier Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mosier Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mosier Cemetery
  • Lyle Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lyle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lyle Cemetery
  • Idlewilde Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Mary's Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain View Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • McClure Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McClure Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McClure Cemetery
  • Frankton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Frankton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Frankton Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Hood River (OR).
    • The Frankton Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Backus Cemetery
    • Irving Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Frankton Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2276895 <6>
  • Pine Grove Butte Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Gilmer Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jackson Family Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jackson Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jackson Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38979 <6>
  • Continue List   (33 more) ...
    • Shelley Family Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shelley Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Shelley Family Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Shelley Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shelley Family Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #39416 <6>
    • Dunkard Graveyard
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dunkard Graveyard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dunkard Graveyard
    • Hartland Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hartland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hartland Cemetery

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.<7>

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

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

  • White Salmon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mosier
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosier
    • Mosier is located in Wasco County (OR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mosier <2>
  • Lyle
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Gilmer
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilmer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
    • Gilmer is located in Klickitat County
  • Rowena
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • The Dalles
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Trout Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Glenwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Boyd ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
    • Boyd is located in Wasco County (OR)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Blockhouse
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blockhouse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockhouse
      • Blockhouse is located in Klickitat County
    • Dufur
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dufur
      • Dufur is located in Wasco County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dufur <2>
    • Bonneville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonneville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneville
      • Bonneville is located in Multnomah County (OR)
    • Biggs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Biggs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs
      • Biggs is located in Sherman County (OR)
    • Nansene
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nansene have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nansene
      • Nansene is located in Wasco County (OR)
    • Goldendale
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Laws Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Klickitat County: www.klickitatcounty.org/

The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>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- Laws Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Laws Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.7537, Longitude: -121.4256       In this case, the coordinates for Laws Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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.
<7>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 Laws Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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