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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 Westlake (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 Westlake. 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.

Westlake is located in Grant County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grant County: Adams, Benton, Douglas, Franklin, Kittitas, Lincoln, Okanogan & Yakima.

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

  • Grant County     (The home county of Westlake)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Westlake, with the one closest to Westlake listed first.
    • Cascade Valley
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cascade Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Valley
      • Cascade Valley is located in Grant County
    • Mae
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mae
      • Mae is located in Grant County
    • Moses Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Ruff
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruff
      • Ruff is located in Grant County
    • Warden
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ephrata
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Royal City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Soap Lake
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Lakeview
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
      • Lakeview is located in Grant County
    • Stratford
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratford
      • Stratford is located in Grant County
    • Wilson Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • George
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Quincy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Adams County
    • Othello
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Westlake ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Westlake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Westlake, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Westlake.

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 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 Westlake:

Cemeteries Near Westlake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Westlake.

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

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

  • Pleasant Valley Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Valley Cemetery
  • Sunset Memorial Gardens
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Schultz Memorial Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schultz Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schultz Memorial Cemetery
  • American Legion Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Kappel Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Ammaus Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ammaus Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ammaus Cemetery
  • Kansas Prairie Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kansas Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kansas Prairie Cemetery

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

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

The official website for Grant County: www.co.grant.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Westlake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westlake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.1040, Longitude: -119.3367       In this case, the coordinates for Westlake have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.




 

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