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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 Shuwah (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 Shuwah. 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 and hospitals 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.

Shuwah is located in Clallam County.

To see how the shape of Washington's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

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

  • Clallam County     (The home county of Shuwah)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Shuwah, with the one closest to Shuwah listed first.
    • Beaver
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Forks
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks
      • Forks is located in Clallam County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,914 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forks <1>
    • La Push
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Ozette
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozette
      • Ozette is located in Clallam County
    • Clallam Bay
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Sekiu
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Twin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
      • Twin is located in Clallam County
    • Neah Bay
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Waatch
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waatch
      • Waatch is located in Clallam County
  • Jefferson County
    • Oil City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil City
      • Oil City is located in Jefferson County

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

Newspapers Published in Shuwah ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around Shuwah.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Shuwah, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Shuwah.

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 Shuwah:

Cemeteries Near Shuwah ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shuwah.

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

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

  • Forks Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Forks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forks Cemetery
  • Quillayute Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quillayute Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quillayute Cemetery
  • Old Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Cemetery
  • Old Clallam Bay Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Clallam Bay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Clallam Bay Cemetery
  • Fletcher Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fletcher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fletcher 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Shuwah had a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Beaver
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Forks
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forks
    • Forks is located in Clallam County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,914 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Forks <1>
  • Quillayute
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quillayute have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quillayute
    • Quillayute is located in Clallam County
  • La Push
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ozette
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozette
    • Ozette is located in Clallam County
  • Clallam Bay
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Pysht ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pysht have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pysht
    • Pysht is located in Clallam County
  • Fairholm
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairholm have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairholm
    • Fairholm is located in Clallam County
  • Twin
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin
    • Twin is located in Clallam County
  • Neah Bay
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)

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

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

The official website for Clallam County: www.clallam.net/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Shuwah) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shuwah. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0229, Longitude: -124.3870    
<4>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 Shuwah, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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