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 Prindle (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 Prindle. 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 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.
Prindle is located in Skamania 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 Skamania County: Hood River (OR), Multnomah (OR), Clark, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Lewis & Yakima.
Below are the counties that are near Prindle. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Prindle:
- Skamania County (The home county of Prindle)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prindle, with the one closest to Prindle listed first.
- Cruzatt
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Cruzatt is located in Skamania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruzatt
- Skamania
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Skamania is located in Skamania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skamania
- North Bonneville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Moffetts Hot Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Moffetts Hot Springs is located in Skamania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffetts Hot Springs
- Stevenson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stabler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stabler is located in Skamania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stabler
- Hood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hood is located in Skamania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Clark County
- The following are listed by their distance from Prindle, with the one closest to Prindle listed first.
- Washougal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
- Camas
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fern Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fern Prairie is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Prairie
- Fisher
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Fisher is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Mill Plain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mill Plain is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Plain
- Proebstel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Proebstel is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proebstel
- Cascade Park East
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Venersborg
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Venersborg is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venersborg
- Cascade Park West
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Cascade Park West is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Park West
- Hockinson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Hockinson is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockinson
- Orchards
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Clackamas County (OR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prindle, with the one closest to Prindle listed first.
- Aims
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Aims is located in Clackamas County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aims
- Marmot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sandy
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sandy is located in Clackamas County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,566 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy <1>
- Brightwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boring
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dover
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Dover is located in Clackamas County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
- Damascus
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hood Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Hood Village is located in Clackamas County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hood Village
- Eagle Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Welches
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Zigzag
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Currinsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Currinsville is located in Clackamas County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currinsville
- Hood River County (OR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prindle, with the one closest to Prindle listed first.
- Cascade Locks
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Parkdale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mount Hood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Mount Hood is located in Hood River County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hood
- Odell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lenz
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lenz is located in Hood River County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenz
- Lenz has also been known as:
- Sherman Spur
- Multnomah County (OR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prindle, with the one closest to Prindle listed first.
- Bridal Veil
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Latourell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Latourell is located in Multnomah County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latourell
- Former names for Latourell:
- Latourell Falls
- Rooster Rock
- Dodson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dodson is located in Multnomah County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
- Warrendale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Warrendale is located in Multnomah County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrendale
- Corbett
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bonneville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bonneville is located in Multnomah County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneville
- Troutdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Powell Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Powell Valley is located in Multnomah County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Valley
- Fairview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wood Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Gresham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gresham is located in Multnomah County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gresham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 110,031 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gresham <1>
- Rockwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Rockwood is located in Multnomah County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Washington County (OR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Prindle, with the one closest to Prindle listed first.
- Metzger
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Metzger is located in Washington County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metzger
- Raleigh Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Raleigh Hills is located in Washington County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh Hills
- West Slope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Slope is located in Washington County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Slope
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Prindle, see our County-by-County Page for Prindle.
Cemeteries Near Prindle ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Prindle.
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 Prindle - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Prindle covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Prindle, with the one closest to Prindle listed first.
- Belle Center Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pounder Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View Corbett Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Washougal Memorial Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Sunnyside Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Douglas Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Fern Prairie Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Mountain View Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Home Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Revenue Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Cliffside Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (102 more) ...
- Escobar Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Gresham Pioneer Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 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.<3>
While we didn't find Prindle in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Prindle.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Prindle, with the one closest to Prindle listed first.
- Multnomah Falls
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Multnomah Falls is located in Multnomah County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Multnomah Falls
- Bridal Veil
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oneonta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oneonta is located in Multnomah County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oneonta
- Latourell
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Latourell is located in Multnomah County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latourell
- Former names for Latourell:
- Latourell Falls
- Rooster Rock
- Mount Pleasant
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Dodson
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Dodson is located in Multnomah County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
- Aims
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Aims is located in Clackamas County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aims
- Washougal
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Bonneville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Bonneville is located in Multnomah County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonneville
- Troutdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Home
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Home is located in Multnomah County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Home
- Fern Prairie
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Fern Prairie is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Prairie
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fairview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Powell Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Powell Valley is located in Multnomah County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Valley
- Marmot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Prindle. See our List of 1890's Communities around Prindle.
Newspapers Published in Prindle ...
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 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Prindle.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Prindle, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Prindle.
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 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 Prindle:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Skamania County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Clark County
- Clackamas County
- Hood River County
- Multnomah County
- Washington County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Washington
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 Prindle, 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Prindle) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |