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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 Martha Lake (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 Martha Lake. 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 Martha Lake ...

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 Martha Lake: Martha Lk.

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.

Martha Lake is located in Snohomish 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 Snohomish County: Chelan, Island, King & Skagit.

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

  • Snohomish County     (The home county of Martha Lake)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Martha Lake, with the one closest to Martha Lake listed first.
    • Lake Stickney
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Lake Stickney is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Stickney
    • Mill Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Paine Field - Lake Stickney
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Alderwood Manor
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Alderwood Manor is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderwood Manor
    • Picnic Point - North Lynnwood
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Osborn Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Osborn Corner is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn Corner
    • Seattle Hill - Silver Firs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Harbour Pointe
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Harbour Pointe is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Pointe
    • Canyon Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Canyon Park is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Park
    • North Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • North Creek is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
    • Brier
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Brier is located in Snohomish County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brier
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,955 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brier <1>
    • Lynnwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Island County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Martha Lake, with the one closest to Martha Lake listed first.
    • Clinton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bay View
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Bay View is located in Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
    • Langley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Freeland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Camp Diana
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Camp Diana is located in Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Diana
    • Greenbank
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Camano
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Juniper Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Juniper Beach is located in Island County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Beach
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Martha Lake, with the one closest to Martha Lake listed first.
    • Port Ludlow
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Beaver Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Beaver Valley is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
    • Marrowstone
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Nordland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Chimacum
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Irondale ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Irondale is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
    • Port Hadlock - Irondale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Port Hadlock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Quilcene
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Adelma Beach
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Adelma Beach is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelma Beach
    • Port Townsend
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Leland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Leland is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
  • King County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Martha Lake, with the one closest to Martha Lake listed first.
    • Silver Firs
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Silver Firs is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Firs
    • Bothell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Kenmore
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Lake Forest Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Day City ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Day City is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day City
    • Sheridan Beach
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Sheridan Beach is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Beach
    • Woodinville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • North City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • North City is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North City
    • Richmond Highlands
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Richmond Highlands is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Highlands
    • Northwest Snohomish
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Northwest Snohomish is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest Snohomish
    • Shoreline
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Evergreen
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Evergreen is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Kitsap County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Martha Lake, with the one closest to Martha Lake listed first.
    • Kingston
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Indianola
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hansville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Port Gamble
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Port Madison
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Port Madison is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Madison
    • Suquamish
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Rolling Bay
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Rolling Bay is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Bay
    • Manitou Beach
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Manitou Beach is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou Beach
    • Yeomalt
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Yeomalt is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomalt
    • Lofall
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Lofall is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofall
    • Bainbridge Island
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Bainbridge Island is located in Kitsap County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge Island
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,358 people
      • Bainbridge Island has also been known as:
      • Winslow
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bainbridge Island <1>
    • Keyport
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Martha Lake ...

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

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

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

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

  • Floral Hills Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Hills Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Floral Hills Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Lynnwood.
    • The Floral Hills Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Greenland Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #210822 <2>
  • Cypress Lawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Abbey View Memorial Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Holyrood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Swedbergs Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodinville Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Gar Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Machzikay Hadath Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machzikay Hadath Cemetery
    • The Machzikay Hadath Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Seattle Sephardic Brotherhood Cemetery
  • Acacia Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acacia Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Acacia Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Lake City.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76695 <2>
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (59 more) ...
    • Evergreen Park Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Evergreen - Washelli Memorial Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Crown Hill Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Edmonds
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bothell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Day City ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Day City is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day City
  • Grace
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Grace is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
  • Cathcart
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Cathcart is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathcart
  • Wayne
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Wayne is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
  • Woodinville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Mukilteo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Snohomish
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lowell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Lowell is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
  • Everett
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Everett is located in Snohomish County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,482 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Everett <1>
  • Juanita
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Juanita is located in King County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • York
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • York is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • Pontiac
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Pontiac is located in King County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pontiac
    • Kirkland
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Martha Lake ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Martha Lake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Martha Lake, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Martha Lake.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Martha Lake:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Martha Lake) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Martha Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.