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 Satsop (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 Satsop. 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 southwest 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 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.
Satsop is located in Grays Harbor 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 Grays Harbor County: Jefferson, Lewis, Mason, Pacific & Thurston.
Below are the counties that are near Satsop. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Satsop:
- Grays Harbor County (The home county of Satsop)
- The following are listed by their distance from Satsop, with the one closest to Satsop listed first.
- Brady
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Brady is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
- Elma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elma is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,378 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elma <1>
- Montesano
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Malone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Melbourne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Melbourne is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
- Malone - Porter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Malone - Porter is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone - Porter
- Garden City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Garden City is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
- Porter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Porter is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- McCleary
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sine
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Sine is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sine
- Central Park
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Central Park is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Park
- McCleary Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- McCleary Junction is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCleary Junction
- Lewis County
- The following are listed by their distance from Satsop, with the one closest to Satsop listed first.
- Doty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Galvin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fords Prairie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Fords Prairie is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fords Prairie
- Fayette
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fayette is located in Lewis County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Mason County
- The following are listed by their distance from Satsop, with the one closest to Satsop listed first.
- Deckerville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Deckerville is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckerville
- Matlock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Matlock is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matlock
- New Kamilche
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Kamilche is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Kamilche
- Shelton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Mohrweis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mohrweis is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohrweis
- Bayshore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bayshore is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayshore
- Skokomish
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Skokomish is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skokomish
- Potlatch
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Union is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
- Pacific County
- The following are listed by their distance from Satsop, with the one closest to Satsop listed first.
- Raymond
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Menlo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Menlo is located in Pacific County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menlo
- South Bend
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lebam
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Thurston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Satsop, with the one closest to Satsop listed first.
- Bordeaux ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Bordeaux is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
- Independence
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Independence is located in Thurston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
- Rochester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Littlerock
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Grand Mound
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Olympia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tumwater
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- East Olympia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Satsop, see our County-by-County Page for Satsop.
Cemeteries Near Satsop ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Satsop.
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 Satsop - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Satsop covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Satsop, with the one closest to Satsop listed first.
- Elma Catholic Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Masonic Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Oddfellow Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wynooche Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Turnow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sharon Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- McCleary Pythian Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Forest Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Fern Hill Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Oakville Pioneer Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset Memorial Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Squaxin Cemetery
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Finnish Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Shelton Memorial Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- McLane Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLane Cemetery
- The McLane Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mud Bay Cemetery
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Satsop had a population of 40 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Satsop, with the one closest to Satsop listed first.
- Elma
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Elma is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elma
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,378 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elma <1>
- Montesano
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Melbourne
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Melbourne is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melbourne
- Porter
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Porter is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Artic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Artic is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artic
- Cedarville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cedarville is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarville
- Aberdeen Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Aberdeen Junction is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Junction
- Cosmopolis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Aberdeen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Aberdeen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Aberdeen is located in Grays Harbor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Aberdeen
- Oakville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Matlock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Matlock is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matlock
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Hoquiam
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- New Kamilche
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Kamilche is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Kamilche
- Kamilche
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Kamilche is located in Mason County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamilche
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Satsop. See our List of 1890's Communities around Satsop.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Satsop ...
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 95 newspapers that have been published in the area around Satsop.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Satsop. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Satsop and those printed in the larger area surrounding Satsop.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4> of Satsop.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with 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 Satsop:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Grays Harbor County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Lewis County
- Mason County
- Pacific County
- Thurston 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 Satsop, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Satsop) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |