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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 Wilcox (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 Wilcox. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

Wilcox is located in Whitman 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 Whitman County: Benewah (ID), Latah (ID), Nez Perce (ID), Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Lincoln & Spokane.

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

  • Whitman County     (The home county of Wilcox)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
    • Colfax
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Almota
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Almota is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almota
    • Shawnee
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Shawnee is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
    • Albion
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Glenwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Glenwood is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
    • Endicott
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pullman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Steptoe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Elberton
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Elberton is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberton
    • Chambers
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Chambers is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chambers
    • Staley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Staley is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staley
    • LaCrosse
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Asotin County
    • Silcott
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Silcott is located in Asotin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silcott
  • Columbia County
    • Delaney
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Delaney is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaney
  • Garfield County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
    • Mayview
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Mayview is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayview
    • Gould City
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Gould City is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould City
    • Pataha
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Pataha is located in Garfield County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pataha
    • Pomeroy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Latah County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wilcox, with the one closest to Wilcox listed first.
    • Viola
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Moscow
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Moscow is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,128 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <1>
    • Potlatch Junction
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Potlatch Junction is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potlatch Junction
    • Freeze
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Freeze is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeze
    • Cora
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Cora is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
    • Onaway
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Onaway is located in Latah County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
    • Potlatch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Nez Perce County (ID)
    • Leon
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Leon is located in Nez Perce County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon

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

Cemeteries Near Wilcox ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wilcox.

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

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

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

  • Onecho Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Moys Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Spalding Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Davis Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Colfax Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Colfax Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Colfax.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76743 <2>
  • Stipe Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Guy Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Mayview Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayview Cemetery
    • The Mayview Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Chapel Hill Cemetery
    • Mayview / Chapel Hill Cemetery
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Farr Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Pitts Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (25 more) ...

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

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

  • Mockonema
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mockonema is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mockonema
  • Almota
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Almota is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almota
  • Colfax
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Diamond
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Diamond is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
  • Shawnee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Shawnee is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
  • Penawawa
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Penawawa is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penawawa
  • Mayview
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Mayview is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayview
  • Glenwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Glenwood is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
  • Endicott
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ping
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Ping is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ping
  • Wawawai ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Wawawai is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wawawai
  • Gould City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Gould City is located in Garfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould City
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Pullman
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Steptoe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Pullman Junction
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Pullman Junction is located in Whitman County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman Junction

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

Newspapers Published in Wilcox ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wilcox.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wilcox, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wilcox.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Wilcox:

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 Wilcox, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wilcox) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.