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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 Murphys 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 Murphys 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 Murphys 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 have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Murphys Corner: Murphys Cor. (or less commonly used: Murphys Crn.)
  • While the name of this community is Murphys Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Murphys Corner may originally have been Murphy's Corner.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Murphys Corner might be written as Murphy 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.

Murphys Corner is located in Snohomish 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 Snohomish County: Chelan, Island, King & Skagit.

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

  • Snohomish County     (The home county of Murphys Corner)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Murphys Corner, with the one closest to Murphys Corner listed first.
    • Osborn Corner
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn Corner
      • Osborn Corner is located in Snohomish County
    • Seattle Hill - Silver Firs
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Mill Creek
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Martha Lake
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martha Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martha Lake
      • Martha Lake is located in Snohomish County
    • Lake Stickney
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Stickney
      • Lake Stickney is located in Snohomish County
    • Paine Field - Lake Stickney
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Paine Field - Lake Stickney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paine Field - Lake Stickney
      • Paine Field - Lake Stickney is located in Snohomish County
    • Larimers Corner
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larimers Corner
      • Larimers Corner is located in Snohomish County
    • North Creek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creek
      • North Creek is located in Snohomish County
    • Clearview
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
      • Clearview is located in Snohomish County
    • Harbour Pointe
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harbour Pointe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbour Pointe
      • Harbour Pointe is located in Snohomish County
    • Picnic Point - North Lynnwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Canyon Park
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Park
      • Canyon Park is located in Snohomish County
    • Alderwood Manor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alderwood Manor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderwood Manor
      • Alderwood Manor is located in Snohomish County
  • Island County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Murphys Corner, with the one closest to Murphys Corner listed first.
    • Clinton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Bay View
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
      • Bay View is located in Island County
    • Langley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Freeland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Camp Diana
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Diana
      • Camp Diana is located in Island County
    • Greenbank
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Juniper Beach
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Beach
      • Juniper Beach is located in Island County
    • Camano
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Murphys Corner, with the one closest to Murphys Corner listed first.
    • Port Ludlow
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Beaver Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Valley
      • Beaver Valley is located in Jefferson County
    • Marrowstone
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Nordland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Chimacum
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Port Hadlock
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Irondale ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Irondale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irondale
      • Irondale is located in Jefferson County
    • Port Hadlock - Irondale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Port Townsend
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • King County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Murphys Corner, with the one closest to Murphys Corner listed first.
    • Silver Firs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Firs
      • Silver Firs is located in King County
    • Northwest Snohomish
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest Snohomish
      • Northwest Snohomish is located in King County
    • Bothell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Day City ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Day City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day City
      • Day City is located in King County
    • Kenmore
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Woodinville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Lake Forest Park
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sheridan Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sheridan Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Beach
      • Sheridan Beach is located in King County
    • North City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North City
      • North City is located in King County
    • Kingsgate
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
      • Kingsgate is located in King County
    • Richmond Highlands
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richmond Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Highlands
      • Richmond Highlands is located in King County
    • Shoreline
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cottage Lake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottage Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Lake
      • Cottage Lake is located in King County
  • Kitsap County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Murphys Corner, with the one closest to Murphys Corner listed first.
    • Kingston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Hansville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Indianola
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Port Gamble
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Suquamish
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Port Madison
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Port Madison. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Madison
      • Port Madison is located in Kitsap County
    • Manitou Beach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou Beach
      • Manitou Beach is located in Kitsap County
    • Rolling Bay
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Bay
      • Rolling Bay is located in Kitsap County
    • Yeomalt
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomalt
      • Yeomalt is located in Kitsap County
    • Lofall
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lofall
      • Lofall is located in Kitsap County
    • Bainbridge Island
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bainbridge Island
      • Bainbridge Island is located in Kitsap County
      • 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 <2>
    • Keyport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Poulsbo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Skagit County
    • Lake McMurray
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake McMurray
      • Lake McMurray is located in Skagit County

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

Cemeteries Near Murphys Corner ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Murphys 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.

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

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

  • Cypress Lawn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cypress Lawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cypress Lawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Floral Hills Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the 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 <5>
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodlawn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gar Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Abbey View Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodinville Memorial Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodinville Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodinville Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Swedbergs Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Holyrood Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holyrood Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holyrood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Machzikay Hadath Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Machzikay Hadath Cemetery
    • The Machzikay Hadath Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Seattle Sephardic Brotherhood Cemetery
  • Acacia Memorial Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (56 more) ...
    • Machias Community Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Mission Beach Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the IOOF Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Cathcart
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathcart
    • Cathcart is located in Snohomish County
  • Snohomish
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Lowell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lowell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
    • Lowell is located in Snohomish County
  • Mukilteo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bothell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Grace
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
    • Grace is located in Snohomish County
  • Everett
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
    • Everett is located in Snohomish County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,482 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Everett <2>
  • Wayne
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayne have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
    • Wayne is located in King County
  • Woodinville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Day City ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Day City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day City
    • Day City is located in King County
  • Edmonds
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Monroe
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Monroe is located in Snohomish County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,681 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <2>
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Machias
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Machias have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machias
      • Machias is located in Snohomish County
    • Juanita
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Juanita. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita
      • Juanita is located in King County
    • York
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for York have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
      • York is located in King County

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

Newspapers Published in Murphys 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 76 newspapers that have been published in the area around Murphys Corner.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Murphys Corner, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Murphys Corner.

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 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 Murphys Corner:

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

The official website for Snohomish County: www.co.snohomish.wa.us/

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

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 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>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.
<5>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.
<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 Murphys Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>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- Murphys Corner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Murphys Corner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.8782, Longitude: -122.2068       In this case, the coordinates for Murphys Corner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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