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 Whitney (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 Whitney. 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.
Whitney is located in Skagit 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 Skagit County: Chelan, Island, Okanogan, San Juan, Snohomish & Whatcom.
Below are the counties that are near Whitney. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Whitney:
- Skagit County (The home county of Whitney)
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitney, with the one closest to Whitney listed first.
- Bay View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bay View is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
- La Conner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Swinomish Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Swinomish Village is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swinomish Village
- Shelter Bay
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Shelter Bay is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelter Bay
- Snee Oosh
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Snee Oosh is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snee Oosh
- Similk Beach
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Similk Beach is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Similk Beach
- Fish Town
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Fish Town is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Town
- Burlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Mount Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Skagit City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Skagit City is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skagit City
- Anacortes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Alexander Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Alexander Beach is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander Beach
- Island County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitney, with the one closest to Whitney listed first.
- Oak Harbor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Juniper Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Juniper Beach is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Beach
- Camano
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Coupeville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- San de Fuca
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- San de Fuca is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San de Fuca
- Camp Diana
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Camp Diana is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Diana
- Greenbank
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Langley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Bay View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Bay View is located in Island County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
- Freeland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitney, with the one closest to Whitney listed first.
- Port Townsend
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marrowstone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Nordland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- San Juan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitney, with the one closest to Whitney listed first.
- Decatur Island
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lopez Island
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lopez Island is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez Island
- Olga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lopez
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Lopez is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lopez
- Orcas
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Shaw Island
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Shaw Island is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw Island
- Argyle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Argyle is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
- Friday Harbor
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Eastsound
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Harbor
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- False Bay
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Waldron
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Waldron is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Snohomish County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitney, with the one closest to Whitney listed first.
- Lake Ketchum
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Ketchum is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ketchum
- Utsalady
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Utsalady is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utsalady
- Stanwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Stanwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Stanwood is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stanwood
- Florence
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Florence is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence
- Warm Beach
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Warm Beach is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Beach
- Silvana
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Bryant
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Bryant is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryant
- McKees Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- McKees Beach is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKees Beach
- Arlington
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Goodwin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Goodwin is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Goodwin
- Lakewood
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cathan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cathan is located in Snohomish County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathan
- Whatcom County
- The following are listed by their distance from Whitney, with the one closest to Whitney listed first.
- Chuckanut Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Chuckanut Village is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chuckanut Village
- Wickersham
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Wickersham is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickersham
- Sudden Valley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Sudden Valley is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sudden Valley
- Geneva
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Geneva is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geneva
- Saxon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Saxon is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxon
- Bellingham
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lummi Island
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Silver Beach
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Silver Beach is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Beach
- Acme
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marietta
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Marietta is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
- Lummi
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lummi is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lummi
- Clipper
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Clipper is located in Whatcom County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clipper
- Deming
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Whitney, see our County-by-County Page for Whitney.
Cemeteries Near Whitney ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Whitney.
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 Whitney - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Whitney covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Whitney, with the one closest to Whitney listed first.
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Bay View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fern Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Vernon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Grandview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hawthorne Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Green Hills Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Skagit City Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Clear Lake Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Eden Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Maple Leaf Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (26 more) ...
- Scandinavian Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scandinavian Cemetery
- The Scandinavian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Milltown Cemetery
- Old Milltown Lutheran Cemetery
- Scandinavian Lutheran Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2168007 <2>
- Union Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Camano Lutheran Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Whitney had railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Whitney, with the one closest to Whitney listed first.
- Fredonia
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Fredonia is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Bay View
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bay View is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay View
- La Conner
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Avon ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Avon is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Gibraltar
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Gibraltar is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibraltar
- Skagit City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Skagit City is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skagit City
- Mount Vernon
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Burlington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Anacortes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Guemes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Guemes is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guemes
- Clear Lake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Clear Lake is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Lake
- Big Lake
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Big Lake is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Lake
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Samish
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Samish is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samish
- Montborne
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Montborne is located in Skagit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montborne
- Oak Harbor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Whitney. See our List of 1890's Communities around Whitney.
Newspapers Published in Whitney ...
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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Whitney.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Whitney, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Whitney.
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 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 Whitney:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Skagit County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Island County
- Jefferson County
- San Juan County
- Snohomish County
- Whatcom 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 Whitney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Whitney) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |