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 Pend Oreille Village (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 Pend Oreille Village. 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 Pend Oreille Village ...

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 Pend Oreille Village: Pend Oreille Vlg. (in Canada, 'Vlge.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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 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.

Pend Oreille Village is located in Pend Oreille 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 Pend Oreille County: Bonner (ID), Boundary (ID), Kootenai (ID), Spokane & Stevens.

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

• Pend Oreille County     (The home county of Pend Oreille Village)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Pend Oreille Village, with the one closest to Pend Oreille Village listed first.
  • Metaline Falls
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metaline Falls
    • Metaline Falls is located in Pend Oreille County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Metaline Falls <1>
  • Metaline
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metaline
    • Metaline is located in Pend Oreille County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Metaline <1>
  • Ione
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
    • Ione is located in Pend Oreille County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 485 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <1>
  • Diamond City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamond City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond City
    • Diamond City is located in Pend Oreille County
  • Ruby
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
    • Ruby is located in Pend Oreille County
• Stevens County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Pend Oreille Village, with the one closest to Pend Oreille Village listed first.
  • Spirit
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spirit
    • Spirit is located in Stevens County
  • Northport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northport
    • Northport is located in Stevens County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 301 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Northport <1>
  • Marble
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
    • Marble is located in Stevens County
  • Pinkney City
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinkney City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinkney City
    • Pinkney City is located in Stevens County
• Bonner County (ID)
  • Nordman
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nordman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordman
    • Nordman is located in Bonner County (ID)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nordman <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Pend Oreille Village ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pend Oreille Village.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pend Oreille Village, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pend Oreille Village.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Pend Oreille Village:

• Websites specific to Washington
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the Washington State Archives

• Pages specific to Pend Oreille County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Stevens County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Bonner County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Washington
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Washington
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Washington
  • Cemeteries of Pend Oreille County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Washington
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Washington
  • Cemeteries of Pend Oreille County

Cemeteries Near Pend Oreille Village ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pend Oreille Village.

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 Pend Oreille Village covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pend Oreille Village, with the one closest to Pend Oreille Village listed first.

• Perkins Cemetery
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Perkins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Perkins Cemetery
• Harvey Grave
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harvey Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harvey Grave
• Riverside Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverside Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
• Forest Home Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forest Home Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Home Cemetery
• Fruitvale Memorial Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fruitvale Memorial Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Fruitvale (BC).
  • The Fruitvale Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Fruitvale Municipal Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fruitvale Memorial Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2329308 <4>
• Old Northport Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Northport Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Northport Cemetery
• Columbia Riverview Cemetery
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • The Columbia Riverview Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Knights of Pythias Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Columbia Riverview Cemetery
• Columbia Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • The Columbia Cemetery has also been known as:
  • City of Rossland Cemetery
  • Rossland Cemetery
  • Sunnyside Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Columbia Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2418748 <4>
• Mountain View Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Mountain View Municipal Cemetery
  • Rossland Mtn. View Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2217362 <4>
• Old Trail Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • The Old Trail Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Trail - Tadenac Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Trail Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2364509 <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.<5>

While we didn't find Pend Oreille Village in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pend Oreille Village.

• Little Dalles ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Dalles have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Dalles
  • Little Dalles is located in Stevens County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Pend Oreille County: www.co.pend-oreille.wa.us/

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