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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 Mountain View (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 Mountain View. 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 Mountain View ...

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.

Another variation: Mountainview.

  • A typical abbreviation for Mountain View: Mountain Vw.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mountain View. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mountain View.

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.

Mountain View is located in Whatcom 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 Whatcom County: Okanogan, San Juan & Skagit.

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

  • Whatcom County     (The home county of Mountain View)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
    • Kickerville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Kickerville is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickerville
    • Ferndale
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Lummi
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Lummi is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lummi
    • Custer
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Birch Bay
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Marietta
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Marietta is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
    • Lummi Island
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Blaine
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Bellingham
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Delta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Delta is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Lynden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Chuckanut Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Chuckanut Village is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckanut Village
    • Silver Beach
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Silver Beach is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
  • San Juan County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
    • Eastsound
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Olga
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Waldron
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Waldron is located in San Juan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
    • Deer Harbor
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Orcas
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Shaw Island
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Shaw Island is located in San Juan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Island
    • Decatur Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Lopez
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Lopez is located in San Juan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez
    • Lopez Island
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lopez Island is located in San Juan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez Island
    • Friday Harbor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Argyle
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Argyle is located in San Juan County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
    • Roche Harbor
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • False Bay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Skagit County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mountain View, with the one closest to Mountain View listed first.
    • Urban
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Urban is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban
    • Indian Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Indian Village is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
    • Alger
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Alger is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alger
    • Edison
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Edison is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edison
    • Anacortes
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Bow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Alexander Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Alexander Beach is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Beach
    • Bay View
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Bay View is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
    • Similk Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Similk Beach is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Similk Beach
    • Snee Oosh
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Snee Oosh is located in Skagit County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snee Oosh
    • Burlington
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sedro - Woolley
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Mountain View ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mountain View.

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 Mountain View - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Enterprise Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lummi Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Ferndale.
    • The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Paradise Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #77126 <2>
  • Greenacres Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Hillsdale Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Haynie Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Kulshan Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lynden Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Monumenta Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Berthusen Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Blaine Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blaine Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Blaine Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Blaine.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76716 <2>
  • Continue List   (47 more) ...
    • Sunnyland Memorial Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Bayview Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bayview Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Bellingham.
      • The Bayview Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Bay View Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76707 <2>
    • Hazelmere Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Mountain View had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Lummi
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lummi is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lummi
  • Marietta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Marietta is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
  • Brennan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Brennan is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brennan
  • Custer
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Birch Bay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hillsdale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hillsdale is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
  • Laurel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Laurel is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel
  • Haynie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Haynie is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haynie
  • Beach
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Beach is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
  • Blaine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Bellingham
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Semiahmoo ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Semiahmoo is located in Whatcom County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Semiahmoo
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Fairhaven
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairhaven is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairhaven
    • Van Wyck
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Van Wyck is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Wyck
    • Delta
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Delta is located in Whatcom County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta

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

Newspapers Published in Mountain View ...

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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountain View.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mountain View, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mountain View.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Mountain View:

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>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 Mountain View, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Mountain View) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.