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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 Waukon (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 Waukon. 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 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.

Waukon is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Adams, Ferry, Grant, Okanogan, Spokane, Stevens & Whitman.

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

  • Lincoln County     (The home county of Waukon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waukon, with the one closest to Waukon listed first.
    • Edwall
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Reardan
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Omans
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Omans is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omans
    • Mondovi
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Mondovi is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
    • Bluestem
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Bluestem is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluestem
    • Davenport
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sprague
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Harrington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Long Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Long Lake is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
    • Rocklyn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Rocklyn is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklyn
    • Mohler
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Mohler is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohler
    • Earl
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Earl is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
  • Spokane County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waukon, with the one closest to Waukon listed first.
    • Lakeland Village
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Lakeland Village is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland Village
    • Medical Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Tyler
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Tyler is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
    • Silver Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Silver Lake is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
    • Deep Creek
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Deep Creek is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
    • Four Lakes
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Cheney
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Airway Heights
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Marshall
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Marshall is located in Spokane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
    • Nine Mile Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Spangle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Spokane
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Stevens County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waukon, with the one closest to Waukon listed first.
    • Wellpinit
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Wellpinit is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellpinit
    • Ford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Tumtum
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Tumtum is located in Stevens County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumtum
  • Whitman County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waukon, with the one closest to Waukon listed first.
    • Lamont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Malden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine City ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Pine City is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
    • Rosalia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Waukon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waukon.

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 Waukon - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Rockdale Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Edwall Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lakes Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • St. Annes Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Medical Lake Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sassin Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lance Hill Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • New England Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Green Mound Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (38 more) ...
    • Spring Creek Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Marshall Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • West Greenwood Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

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

  • Tyler
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Tyler is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyler
  • Medical Lake
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Reardan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Deep Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Deep Creek is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
  • Hite
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hite is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hite
  • Omans
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Omans is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omans
  • Cheney
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Mondovi
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mondovi is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mondovi
  • Marshall
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Marshall is located in Spokane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
  • Davenport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sprague
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Harrington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Rocklyn
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Rocklyn is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklyn
    • Spangle
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Spokane
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Waukon ...

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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waukon.

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

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 professional and volunteer 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 Waukon:

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 Waukon, 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Waukon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.