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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 Prevost (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 Prevost. 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.

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 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.

Prevost is located in San Juan 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 San Juan County: Island, Skagit & Whatcom.

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

  • San Juan County     (The home county of Prevost)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prevost, with the one closest to Prevost listed first.
    • Roche Harbor
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Waldron
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
      • Waldron is located in San Juan County
    • Deer Harbor
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Eastsound
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Friday Harbor
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Orcas
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Shaw Island
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Island
      • Shaw Island is located in San Juan County
    • Argyle
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
      • Argyle is located in San Juan County
    • False Bay
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Olga
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Lopez
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez
      • Lopez is located in San Juan County
    • Lopez Island
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez Island
      • Lopez Island is located in San Juan County
    • Decatur Island
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Skagit County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prevost, with the one closest to Prevost listed first.
    • Urban
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban
      • Urban is located in Skagit County
    • Indian Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village
      • Indian Village is located in Skagit County
    • Alexander Beach
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alexander Beach. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Beach
      • Alexander Beach is located in Skagit County
    • Anacortes
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Whatcom County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Prevost, with the one closest to Prevost listed first.
    • Point Roberts
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Lummi Island
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Birch Bay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kickerville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kickerville
      • Kickerville is located in Whatcom County
    • Lummi
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lummi
      • Lummi is located in Whatcom County
    • Marietta
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marietta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
      • Marietta is located in Whatcom County
    • Blaine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Custer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Ferndale
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Prevost ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prevost.

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

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

  • Pender Island Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Holy Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • 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.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Stephen's Anglican Church Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Galiano Island Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Galiano Island Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Galiano Island Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • The Galiano Island Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Galiano Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2491107 <4>
  • Royal Oak Burial Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Congregation Emanu-El Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • St. John the Baptist Church Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Olga - Doe Bay Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Veteran's Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Quadra Street Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Ross Bay Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Harling Point Chinese Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Lopez Union Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Colwood Pioneer Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Roche Harbor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Waldron
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
    • Waldron is located in San Juan County
  • Friday Harbor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Orcas
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Eastsound
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Argyle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
    • Argyle is located in San Juan County
  • Olga
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Lopez Island
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez Island
    • Lopez Island is located in San Juan County
  • Doe Bay
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doe Bay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doe Bay
    • Doe Bay is located in San Juan County
  • Richardson
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richardson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
    • Richardson is located in San Juan County
  • Decatur Island
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Beach
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beach have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beach
    • Beach is located in Whatcom County
  • Continue List   (9 more) ...
    • Birch Bay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mountain View
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
      • Mountain View is located in Whatcom County
    • Guemes
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guemes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guemes
      • Guemes is located in Skagit County

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

Newspapers Published in Prevost ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prevost.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prevost, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prevost.

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 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 Prevost:

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

The official website for San Juan County: www.co.san-juan.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://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>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.
<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>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 Prevost, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Prevost) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Prevost. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.6840, Longitude: -123.2113       In this case, the coordinates for Prevost have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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