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 Moores 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 Moores 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 Moores 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 occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Moores Corner: Moores Cor. (or less commonly used: Moores Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Moores Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Moores Corner may originally have been Moore's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Moores Corner might be written as Moore Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Moores Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Moores 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Moores Corner 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 Moores Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Moores Corner:
- Pacific County (The home county of Moores Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Corner, with the one closest to Moores Corner listed first.
- Long Beach
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Seaview
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Breakers
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Breakers is located in Pacific County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakers
- Ilwaco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fort Canby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fort Canby is located in Pacific County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Canby
- Pacific City ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Pacific City is located in Pacific County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacific City
- Chinook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Nahcotta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ocean Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Megler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Megler is located in Pacific County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Megler
- Naselle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Knappton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knappton is located in Pacific County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knappton
- Oysterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wahkiakum County
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Corner, with the one closest to Moores Corner listed first.
- Deep River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Deep River is located in Wahkiakum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Altoona
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Altoona is located in Wahkiakum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Rosburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Grays River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Dahlia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Dahlia is located in Wahkiakum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlia
- Brookfield
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brookfield is located in Wahkiakum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Skamokawa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Clatsop County (OR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Moores Corner, with the one closest to Moores Corner listed first.
- Hammond
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Warrenton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Astoria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jeffers Garden
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jeffers Garden is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers Garden
- Tongue Point Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tongue Point Village is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tongue Point Village
- Chadwell ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chadwell is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwell
- Gearhart
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Svensen Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Svensen Junction is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svensen Junction
- Seaside
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Brownsmead
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Brownsmead is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsmead
- Clifton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- 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 Moores Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Moores Corner.
Cemeteries Near Moores Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moores 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.
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 Moores Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Moores Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Moores Corner, with the one closest to Moores Corner listed first.
- Lone Fir Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Ilwaco Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ft. Stevens Post Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Paceful Hill Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Warrenton Pauper Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Ocean View Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Astoria Pioneer Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Riverview Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Salmon Creek Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Clatsop Plains Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Deep River Pioneer Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- 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 <3>
- Lewis & Clark Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Greenwood Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood Cemetery
- The Greenwood Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crestview Greenwood Cemetery
- Green Wood Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38848 <3>
- Seal River Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Rosburg Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
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.<5>
While we didn't find Moores Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Moores Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Moores Corner, with the one closest to Moores Corner listed first.
- Ilwaco
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Fort Canby
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fort Canby is located in Pacific County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Canby
- Knappton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knappton is located in Pacific County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knappton
- Naselle
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Oysterville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Skipanon ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Skipanon is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skipanon
- Astoria
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Frankfort ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Frankfort is located in Pacific County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
- Deep River
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Deep River is located in Wahkiakum County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Chadwell ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Chadwell is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwell
- Grays River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bay Center
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Melville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Melville is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville
- Olney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Olney is located in Clatsop County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney
- North Cove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- North Cove is located in Pacific County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cove
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Moores Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Moores Corner.
Newspapers Published in Moores 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 58 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moores Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moores Corner, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moores 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 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 Moores Corner:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Pacific County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Wahkiakum County
- Clatsop County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Washington
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 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. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Moores Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Moores Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |