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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 McCormick (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 McCormick. 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.

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.

McCormick is located in Lewis 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 Lewis County: Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Pacific, Pierce, Skamania, Thurston, Wahkiakum & Yakima.

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

  • Lewis County     (The home county of McCormick)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McCormick, with the one closest to McCormick listed first.
    • Pe Ell
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Doty
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Curtis
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Fayette
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fayette. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
      • Fayette is located in Lewis County
    • Adna
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Claquato
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claquato
      • Claquato is located in Lewis County
    • Newaukum
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newaukum. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newaukum
      • Newaukum is located in Lewis County
    • Winlock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Chehalis
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Napavine
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Galvin
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Centralia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Fords Prairie
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fords Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Prairie
      • Fords Prairie is located in Lewis County
  • Cowlitz County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McCormick, with the one closest to McCormick listed first.
    • Ryderwood
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryderwood
      • Ryderwood is located in Cowlitz County
    • Olequa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Olequa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olequa
      • Olequa is located in Cowlitz County
    • Oak Point
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oak Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Point
      • Oak Point is located in Cowlitz County
    • Stella
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stella. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
      • Stella is located in Cowlitz County
    • Castle Rock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Coal Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Creek
      • Coal Creek is located in Cowlitz County
    • West Longview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Longview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Longview
      • West Longview is located in Cowlitz County
  • Grays Harbor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McCormick, with the one closest to McCormick listed first.
    • Chehalis Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chehalis Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chehalis Village
      • Chehalis Village is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Oakville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Cedarville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cedarville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
      • Cedarville is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Porter
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Porter. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
      • Porter is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Malone - Porter
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone - Porter
      • Malone - Porter is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Malone
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Melbourne
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
      • Melbourne is located in Grays Harbor County
  • Pacific County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McCormick, with the one closest to McCormick listed first.
    • Lebam
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Menlo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
      • Menlo is located in Pacific County
    • Raymond
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • South Bend
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Naselle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Knappton ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Knappton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knappton
      • Knappton is located in Pacific County
    • Bay Center
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Thurston County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McCormick, with the one closest to McCormick listed first.
    • Independence
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Independence is located in Thurston County
    • Rochester
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Grand Mound
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Bordeaux ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
      • Bordeaux is located in Thurston County
    • Bucoda
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Littlerock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Tenino
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Wahkiakum County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McCormick, with the one closest to McCormick listed first.
    • Grays River
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Skamokawa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Rosburg
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Brookfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brookfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
      • Brookfield is located in Wahkiakum County
    • Cathlamet
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • East Cathlamet
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Cathlamet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Cathlamet
      • East Cathlamet is located in Wahkiakum County
    • Dahlia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlia
      • Dahlia is located in Wahkiakum County
    • Altoona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Altoona. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
      • Altoona is located in Wahkiakum County
    • Eagle Cliff
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Eagle Cliff. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Cliff
      • Eagle Cliff is located in Wahkiakum County
  • Clatsop County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McCormick, with the one closest to McCormick listed first.
    • Clifton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Clifton is located in Clatsop County (OR)
    • Brownsmead
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsmead
      • Brownsmead is located in Clatsop County (OR)
    • Westport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Columbia County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McCormick, with the one closest to McCormick listed first.
    • Mayger
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayger
      • Mayger is located in Columbia County (OR)
    • Quincy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quincy
      • Quincy is located in Columbia County (OR)

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

Cemeteries Near McCormick ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McCormick.

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 McCormick covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Sylvan Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Claquato Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Finnish Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Finnish Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Finnish Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Snow Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Snow Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Snow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fern Hill Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fern Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fern Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Giesy Family Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Giesy Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Giesy Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<5> to the southeast of Menlo.
    • The Giesy Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Kiel Colony Cemetery
    • Willie Keil Gravesite
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641574 <4>
  • Little Falls Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Little Falls Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Little Falls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Grays River Grange Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Fern Hill Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fern Hill Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fern Hill Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<5> to the south of Skamokawa.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76793 <4>
  • Fern Hill Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fern Hill Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fern Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenwood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Greenwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Oakville Pioneer Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oakville Pioneer Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oakville Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (35 more) ...
    • Washington Lawn Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washington Lawn Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Washington Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Mountain View Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenwood Memorial Park
      (20 miles [32.2 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.<6>

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

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

  • Pe Ell
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Boistfort
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boistfort have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boistfort
    • Boistfort is located in Lewis County
  • Lebam
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Fayette
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fayette. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
    • Fayette is located in Lewis County
  • Wildwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wildwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildwood
    • Wildwood is located in Lewis County
  • Claquato
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claquato
    • Claquato is located in Lewis County
  • Newaukum
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Newaukum. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newaukum
    • Newaukum is located in Lewis County
  • Winlock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Chehalis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Willapa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willapa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willapa
    • Willapa is located in Pacific County
  • Grays River
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Napavine
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Skamokawa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Centralia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Oakville
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in McCormick ...

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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around McCormick.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of McCormick, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for McCormick.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 McCormick:

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

The official website for Lewis County: www.co.lewis.wa.us/

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

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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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>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.
<5>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 drawn from Point A (ie- McCormick) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in McCormick. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5537, Longitude: -123.3260       In this case, the coordinates for McCormick have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>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 McCormick, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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