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 Wagner (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 Wagner. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Wagner is located in Snohomish 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 Snohomish County: Chelan, Island, King & Skagit.
Below are the counties that are near Wagner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Wagner:
- Snohomish County (The home county of Wagner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
- Woods Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Woods Creek is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Creek
- Monroe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Sultan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- North Sultan is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sultan
- Sultan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Three Lakes
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Three Lakes is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Lakes
- Forest Glade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Forest Glade is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Glade
- Lake Roesiger
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Lake Roesiger is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Roesiger
- Cathcart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cathcart is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathcart
- Snohomish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Machias
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Machias is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machias
- Echo Lake
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Echo Lake is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Lake
- Clearview
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Clearview is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
- Island County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
- Clinton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Langley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bay View
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Bay View is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
- Camp Diana
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Camp Diana is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Diana
- Freeland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- King County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
- Northwest Snohomish
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Northwest Snohomish is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwest Snohomish
- Duvall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Silver Firs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Silver Firs is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Firs
- Cottage Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cottage Lake is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Lake
- Lake Marcel - Stillwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Day City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Day City is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day City
- Woodinville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill - Novelty Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Bothell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carnation
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Kingsgate
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Kingsgate is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsgate
- Earlmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Earlmont is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlmont
- Kitsap County
- The following are listed by their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
- Kingston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hansville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Indianola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Port Madison
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Port Madison is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Madison
- Manitou Beach
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Manitou Beach is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou Beach
- Rolling Bay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rolling Bay is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolling Bay
- Yeomalt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Yeomalt is located in Kitsap County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeomalt
- Port Gamble
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Suquamish
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Wagner, see our County-by-County Page for Wagner.
Cemeteries Near Wagner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wagner.
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 Wagner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Wagner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
- Monroe Memorial Park
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- IOOF Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Machias Community Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Gar Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cypress Lawn Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Woodinville Memorial Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Everett.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76779 <2>
- Floral Hills Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floral Hills Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Floral Hills Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Lynnwood.
- The Floral Hills Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #210822 <2>
- American Legion Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Eastside Memorial Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (32 more) ...
- Abbey View Memorial Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kirkland Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Marysville Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Wagner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Wagner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Wagner, with the one closest to Wagner listed first.
- Monroe
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Sultan
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Cathcart
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Cathcart is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathcart
- Snohomish
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Machias
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Machias is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Machias
- Pilchuck
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Pilchuck is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilchuck
- Novelty
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Novelty is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novelty
- Hartford
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hartford is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford
- Grace
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Grace is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Day City ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Day City is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day City
- Woodinville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- White
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- White is located in King County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Lowell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Lowell is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Bothell
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Everett
(14 miles [22.5 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 Wagner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Wagner.
Newspapers Published in Wagner ...
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 Wagner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wagner, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wagner.
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 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 Wagner:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Snohomish County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Island County
- King County
- Kitsap 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 Wagner, 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- Wagner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |