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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 Woodland Park (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 Woodland Park. 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.

Woodland Park is located in Cowlitz 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 Cowlitz County: Columbia (OR), Clark, Lewis, Skamania & Wahkiakum.

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

  • Cowlitz County     (The home county of Woodland Park)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Park, with the one closest to Woodland Park listed first.
    • Ariel
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cougar
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kalama
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Rose Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Rose Valley is located in Cowlitz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Valley
    • Carrolls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Kelso
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Kelso is located in Cowlitz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,438 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kelso <1>
    • Longview
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Ostrander
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Ostrander is located in Cowlitz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ostrander
    • Pleasant Hill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pleasant Hill is located in Cowlitz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
    • Silver Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Longview Heights
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Longview Heights is located in Cowlitz County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview Heights
    • Toutle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Clark County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Park, with the one closest to Woodland Park listed first.
    • Amboy
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Chelatchie
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Chelatchie is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelatchie
    • Etna
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Etna is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Fargher Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Fargher Lake is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fargher Lake
    • Yacolt
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Heisson
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Lewisville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Lewisville is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
    • La Center
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Battle Ground
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Cherry Grove
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Cherry Grove is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Grove
    • Kumtux
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Kumtux is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kumtux
    • King Corner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • King Corner is located in Clark County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Corner
  • Skamania County
    • Stabler
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Stabler is located in Skamania County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stabler
  • Columbia County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Park, with the one closest to Woodland Park listed first.
    • Columbia City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Helens
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Deer Island
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Goble
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Goble is located in Columbia County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goble
    • Reuben
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Reuben is located in Columbia County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reuben
    • Prescott
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Prescott is located in Columbia County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescott
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
    • Warren
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaver Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Beaver Springs is located in Columbia County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver Springs
    • Rainier
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Rainier is located in Columbia County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainier
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,021 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rainier <1>
    • Scappoose
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Multnomah County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Woodland Park, with the one closest to Woodland Park listed first.
    • Vanport City ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Vanport City is located in Multnomah County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanport City
    • Burlington
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Burlington is located in Multnomah County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burlington
    • Maywood Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Woodland Park ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodland Park.

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 Woodland Park - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Lone Pine Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Yale Memorial Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale Memorial Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Yale Memorial Cemetery is located
    • The Yale Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Yale Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2271092 <3>
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mountain View Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the northwest of Fargher Lake.
    • The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Hazen Cemetery
    • View Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76951 <3>
  • Frank Abel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frank Abel Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Frank Abel Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2229827 <3>
  • Highland Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewisville Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for IOOF Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the IOOF Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Woodland.
    • The IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Odd Fellows Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1986229 <3>
  • Dublin Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Gravel Point Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Martins Bluff Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (64 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.<4>

While we didn't find Woodland Park in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woodland Park.

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

  • Amboy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Etna
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Etna is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
  • Hayes
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Hayes is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayes
  • La Center
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewisville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Lewisville is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
  • Woodland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Battle Ground
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Pioneer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pioneer is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
  • Caples
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Caples is located in Cowlitz County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caples
  • Columbia City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ridgefield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hockinson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Hockinson is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hockinson
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Kalama
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Deer Island
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Saint Helens
      (18 miles [29 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 Woodland Park. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodland Park.

Newspapers Published in Woodland Park ...

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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodland Park.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodland Park, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Woodland Park.

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 Woodland Park:

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>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 from Point A (ie- Woodland Park) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<4>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 Woodland Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.