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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 Middle Nemah (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 Middle Nemah. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Middle Nemah is located in Pacific 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 Pacific County: Clatsop (OR), Grays Harbor, Lewis & Wahkiakum.

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

  • Pacific County     (The home county of Middle Nemah)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Nemah, with the one closest to Middle Nemah listed first.
    • Nahcotta
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Ocean Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Oysterville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Naselle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Bay Center
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Breakers
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Breakers is located in Pacific County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakers
    • Long Beach
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • South Bend
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Seaview
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Chinook
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Knappton ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Knappton is located in Pacific County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knappton
    • Ilwaco
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Grays Harbor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Nemah, with the one closest to Middle Nemah listed first.
    • Grayland
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Bay City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Bay City is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
    • Laidlow
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Laidlow is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidlow
    • Cohassett Beach
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Cohassett Beach is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohassett Beach
    • Ocosta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Ocosta is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocosta
    • Markham
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Markham is located in Grays Harbor County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
    • Westport
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Nemah, with the one closest to Middle Nemah listed first.
    • Pe Ell
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Doty
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Wahkiakum County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Nemah, with the one closest to Middle Nemah listed first.
    • Deep River
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Deep River is located in Wahkiakum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
    • Grays River
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosburg
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Altoona
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Altoona is located in Wahkiakum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
    • Dahlia
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Dahlia is located in Wahkiakum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlia
    • Brookfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Brookfield is located in Wahkiakum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
    • Skamokawa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Cathlamet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Clatsop County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Middle Nemah, with the one closest to Middle Nemah listed first.
    • Hammond
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Astoria
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Astoria is located in Clatsop County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,029 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Astoria <1>
    • Tongue Point Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Tongue Point Village is located in Clatsop County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tongue Point Village
    • Warrenton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Jeffers Garden
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jeffers Garden is located in Clatsop County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers Garden
    • Brownsmead
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Brownsmead is located in Clatsop County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsmead
    • Svensen Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Svensen Junction is located in Clatsop County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svensen Junction
    • Chadwell ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Chadwell is located in Clatsop County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwell
    • Clifton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Clifton is located in Clatsop County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton

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

Cemeteries Near Middle Nemah ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Middle Nemah.

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 Middle Nemah - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Paceful Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lone Fir Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Salmon Creek Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Deep River Pioneer Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River Pioneer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Deep River Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Deep River.
    • The Deep River Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Deep River Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2232653 <2>
  • Ilwaco Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Seal River Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fern Hill Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Rosburg Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Grays River Grange Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Giesy Family Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giesy Family Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Giesy Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest 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 <2>
  • Washington Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Eden Valley Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Ft. Stevens Post Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Riverview Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Astoria Pioneer Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)

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 Middle Nemah in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Middle Nemah.

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

  • Naselle
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Oysterville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bay Center
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Deep River
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Deep River is located in Wahkiakum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
  • South Bend
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Ilwaco
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Knappton ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Knappton is located in Pacific County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knappton
  • North Cove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • North Cove is located in Pacific County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cove
  • Fort Canby
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Canby is located in Pacific County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Canby
  • Frankfort ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Frankfort is located in Pacific County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
  • Grays River
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Lebam
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Willapa
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Willapa is located in Pacific County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willapa
    • Astoria
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Astoria is located in Clatsop County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,029 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Astoria <1>
    • Brookfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Brookfield is located in Wahkiakum County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield

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

Newspapers Published in Middle Nemah ...

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 51 newspapers that have been published in the area around Middle Nemah.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Middle Nemah, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Middle Nemah.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Middle Nemah:

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' (or 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- Middle Nemah) 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 Middle Nemah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.