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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 Seven Mile (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 Seven Mile. 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 Seven Mile ...

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 occur.

Another variation: Sevenmile.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Seven Mile. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Seven Mile.

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Seven Mile is located in Spokane 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 Spokane County: Benewah (ID), Bonner (ID), Kootenai (ID), Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens & Whitman.

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

  • Spokane County     (The home county of Seven Mile)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Seven Mile, with the one closest to Seven Mile listed first.
    • Nine Mile Falls
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Country Homes
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Country Homes is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Homes
    • Fairwood
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Fairwood is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairwood
    • Town and Country
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Town and Country is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town and Country
    • Dartford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Dartford is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartford
    • Spokane
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hillyard
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Hillyard is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillyard
    • Mead
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Airway Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Buckeye
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Buckeye is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
    • Colbert
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Millwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Millwood is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,801 people
    • Deep Creek
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Deep Creek is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Seven Mile, with the one closest to Seven Mile listed first.
    • Long Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Long Lake is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
    • Reardan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Mondovi
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Mondovi is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
    • Edwall
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Omans
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Omans is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omans
    • Davenport
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Pend Oreille County
    • Camden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Camden is located in Pend Oreille County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Stevens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Seven Mile, with the one closest to Seven Mile listed first.
    • Tumtum
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Tumtum is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumtum
    • Clavton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Clayton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Ford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Loon Lake
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Springdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Wellpinit
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Wellpinit is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellpinit
    • Grays
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Grays is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
    • Kulzer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Kulzer is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulzer
  • Bonner County (ID)
  • Kootenai County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Seven Mile, with the one closest to Seven Mile listed first.
    • State Line Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • State Line Village is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Village
    • State Line
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • State Line is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
    • Hauser
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Hauser is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hauser
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hauser <1>
    • Post Falls
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Coeur d'Alene Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Coeur d'Alene Junction is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coeur d'Alene Junction
    • Rathdrum
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Rathdrum is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathdrum
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,419 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rathdrum <1>
    • Huetter
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Huetter is located in Kootenai County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huetter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people

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

Cemeteries Near Seven Mile ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Seven Mile.

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 Seven Mile - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Fairmount Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount Memorial Park
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Fairmount Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Spokane.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76786 <2>
  • Military Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Nebo Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Memorial Terrace Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Riverside Memorial Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Spokane Evergreen Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Mt. St. Michael Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Orchard Prairie Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Wayside Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Wild Rose Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Peone Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (41 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 Seven Mile in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Seven Mile.

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

  • Spokane
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mead
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Hazard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hazard is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazard
  • Buckeye
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Buckeye is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • East Spokane
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • East Spokane is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Spokane
  • Deep Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Deep Creek is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
  • Marshall
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Marshall is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Chattaroy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hite
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hite is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hite
  • Peone
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Peone is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peone
  • Medical Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Chester
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Chester is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Deer Park
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Reardan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Cheney
      (17 miles [27.4 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 Seven Mile. See our List of 1890's Communities around Seven Mile.

Newspapers Published in Seven Mile ...

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 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around Seven Mile.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Seven Mile, 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 Seven Mile.

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 Seven Mile:

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 Seven Mile, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Seven Mile) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.