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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 Richland Y (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 Richland Y. 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 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.

Richland Y is located in Benton 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 Benton County: Morrow (OR), Umatilla (OR), Franklin, Grant, Klickitat, Walla Walla & Yakima.

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

  • Benton County     (The home county of Richland Y)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richland Y, with the one closest to Richland Y listed first.
    • Kennewick
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Richland
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • West Richland
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Highland
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Highland is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
    • Finley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Finley is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
    • Benton City
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Plymouth
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Plymouth is located in Benton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
    • Prosser
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Paterson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richland Y, with the one closest to Richland Y listed first.
    • West Pasco
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • West Pasco is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pasco
    • Pasco
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Pasco is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,095 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pasco <1>
    • Ainsworth Junction
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Ainsworth Junction is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainsworth Junction
    • Eltopia
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Basin City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Mesa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Mesa is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesa <1>
  • Walla Walla County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richland Y, with the one closest to Richland Y listed first.
    • Burbank
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Wallula
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Wallula is located in Walla Walla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula
    • Wallula Junction
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Wallula Junction is located in Walla Walla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula Junction
    • Eureka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Eureka is located in Walla Walla County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
    • Touchet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Yakima County
    • Byron
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Byron is located in Yakima County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
  • Morrow County (OR)
    • Irrigon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Irrigon is located in Morrow County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irrigon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,799 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irrigon <1>
  • Umatilla County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Richland Y, with the one closest to Richland Y listed first.
    • Power City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Power City is located in Umatilla County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Power City
    • Umatilla
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Umatilla is located in Umatilla County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umatilla
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,360 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Umatilla <1>
    • Cold Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Cold Springs is located in Umatilla County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
    • Hermiston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Hermiston is located in Umatilla County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermiston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,791 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hermiston <1>
    • Hinkle
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Hinkle is located in Umatilla County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle

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

Cemeteries Near Richland Y ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Richland Y.

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 Richland Y - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Richland Y covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Desert Lawn Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Resthaven Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resthaven Cemetery
    • The Resthaven Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rest Haven Cemetery
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Riverview Heights Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Columbia Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • City View Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City View Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the City View Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Pasco.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76739 <2>
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Eltopia Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Umatilla Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Sunset Hills Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Prosser Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...

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

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

  • Pasco
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Pasco is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasco
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,095 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pasco <1>
  • Glade
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Glade is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
  • Wallula
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Wallula is located in Walla Walla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula
  • Eltopia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Wallula Junction
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Wallula Junction is located in Walla Walla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallula Junction
  • Juniper
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Juniper is located in Umatilla County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
  • Umatilla
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Umatilla is located in Umatilla County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umatilla
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,360 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Umatilla <1>
  • Cold Springs
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Cold Springs is located in Umatilla County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
  • Eureka
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Eureka is located in Walla Walla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka

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

Newspapers Published in Richland Y ...

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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Richland Y.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Richland Y, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Richland Y.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Richland Y:

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 Richland Y, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Richland Y) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.