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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 North 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 North 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.

Name Variations for North Nemah ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for North Nemah: N. Nemah

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

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

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

  • Pacific County     (The home county of North Nemah)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Nemah, with the one closest to North Nemah listed first.
    • Nahcotta
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Ocean Park
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Oysterville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Bay Center
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • South Bend
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Naselle
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Menlo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
      • Menlo is located in Pacific County
    • Raymond
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Breakers
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breakers
      • Breakers is located in Pacific County
    • Tokeland
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Long Beach
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lebam
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Grays Harbor County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Nemah, with the one closest to North Nemah listed first.
    • Grayland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Bay City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bay City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay City
      • Bay City is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Laidlow
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laidlow
      • Laidlow is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Markham
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Markham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Markham
      • Markham is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Ocosta
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocosta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocosta
      • Ocosta is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Cohassett Beach
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cohassett Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cohassett Beach
      • Cohassett Beach is located in Grays Harbor County
    • Westport
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Cosmopolis
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Nemah, with the one closest to North Nemah listed first.
    • Pe Ell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Doty
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Wahkiakum County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Nemah, with the one closest to North Nemah listed first.
    • Grays River
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosburg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Altoona
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Altoona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
      • Altoona is located in Wahkiakum County
    • Dahlia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlia
      • Dahlia is located in Wahkiakum County
    • Brookfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
      • Brookfield is located in Wahkiakum County
    • Skamokawa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Clatsop County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Nemah, with the one closest to North Nemah listed first.
    • Astoria
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
      • Astoria is located in Clatsop County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,029 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Astoria <1>
    • Hammond
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hammond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
      • Hammond is located in Clatsop County (OR)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <1>
    • Tongue Point Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tongue Point Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tongue Point Village
      • Tongue Point Village is located in Clatsop County (OR)
    • Warrenton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warrenton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
      • Warrenton is located in Clatsop County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,739 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warrenton <1>
    • Jeffers Garden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers Garden
      • Jeffers Garden is located in Clatsop County (OR)
    • Brownsmead
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsmead
      • Brownsmead is located in Clatsop County (OR)
    • Svensen Junction
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svensen Junction
      • Svensen Junction is located in Clatsop County (OR)
    • Clifton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
      • Clifton is located in Clatsop County (OR)

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

Newspapers Published in North 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 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Nemah.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North 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 North Nemah.

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 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 North Nemah:

Cemeteries Near North Nemah ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North 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.

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

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

  • Paceful Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paceful Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paceful Hill Cemetery
  • Lone Fir Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lone Fir Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lone Fir Cemetery
  • Salmon Creek Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • The Salmon Creek Cemetery has also been known as:
    • New Salmon Creek Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salmon Creek Cemetery
  • Fern Hill Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fern Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fern Hill Cemetery
  • Giesy Family Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Giesy Family Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southeast of Menlo.
    • The Giesy Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Kiel Colony Cemetery
    • Willie Keil Gravesite
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Giesy Family Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #641574 <4>
  • Washington Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Washington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washington Cemetery
  • Ilwaco Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ilwaco Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ilwaco Cemetery
  • Ft. Stevens Post Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Astoria Pioneer Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
  • Warrenton Pauper Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Warrenton Pauper Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • The Warrenton Pauper Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Clatsop County Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Warrenton Pauper Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2271005 <4>
  • Fern Hill Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Ocean View Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Greenwood Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Svensen Pioneer Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Svensen Pioneer Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Svensen Junction (OR).
      • The Svensen Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Forest Hill Cemetery
      • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
      • Svensen Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Svensen Pioneer Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38789 <4>

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

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

  • Oysterville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Bay Center
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Naselle
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • South Bend
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • North Cove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cove
    • North Cove is located in Pacific County
  • Deep River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deep River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
    • Deep River is located in Wahkiakum County
  • Willapa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willapa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willapa
    • Willapa is located in Pacific County
  • Lebam
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Ilwaco
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Knappton ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knappton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knappton
    • Knappton is located in Pacific County
  • Frankfort ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frankfort have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort
    • Frankfort is located in Pacific County
  • Grays River
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Fort Canby
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Canby
      • Fort Canby is located in Pacific County
    • Astoria
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astoria
      • Astoria is located in Clatsop County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,029 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Astoria <1>
    • Brookfield
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
      • Brookfield is located in Wahkiakum County

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

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

The official website for Pacific County: www.co.pacific.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.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>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.
<3>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- North Nemah) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Nemah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5137, Longitude: -123.8638       In this case, the coordinates for North Nemah have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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.
<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 North Nemah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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