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 Woodruff Mill (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 Woodruff Mill. 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.
Name Variations for Woodruff Mill ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Woodruff Mill: Woodruff Ml. (or less commonly used: Woodruff Mll.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 doctors and 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.
Woodruff Mill is located in Klickitat 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 Klickitat County: Gilliam (OR), Hood River (OR), Morrow (OR), Sherman (OR), Wasco (OR), Benton, Skamania & Yakima.
Below are the counties that are near Woodruff Mill. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Woodruff Mill:
- Klickitat County (The home county of Woodruff Mill)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodruff Mill, with the one closest to Woodruff Mill listed first.
- Klickitat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Wahkiacus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wahkiacus is located in Klickitat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahkiacus
- Appleton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blockhouse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blockhouse is located in Klickitat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockhouse
- Lyle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Centerville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Goldendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Dallesport
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Wishram
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Husum
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- B Z Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- B Z Corner is located in Klickitat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for B Z Corner
- Bingen
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Skamania County
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodruff Mill, with the one closest to Woodruff Mill listed first.
- Underwood
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hood is located in Skamania County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Hood River County (OR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodruff Mill, with the one closest to Woodruff Mill listed first.
- Hood River
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pine Grove is located in Hood River County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
- Lenz
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Lenz is located in Hood River County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenz
- Lenz has also been known as:
- Sherman Spur
- Odell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Hood is located in Hood River County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hood
- Sherman County (OR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodruff Mill, with the one closest to Woodruff Mill listed first.
- Biggs Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rufus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wasco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sinks ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sinks is located in Sherman County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinks
- Wasco County (OR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Woodruff Mill, with the one closest to Woodruff Mill listed first.
- Rowena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Ortley ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ortley is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortley
- Chenoweth
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Chenoweth is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chenoweth
- Mosier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- City of The Dalles
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- City of The Dalles is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City of The Dalles
- Celilo Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Celilo Village is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celilo Village
- Fairbanks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fairbanks is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- The Dalles
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rice ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Rice is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
- Boyd ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Boyd is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Endersby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Endersby is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endersby
- Dufur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Woodruff Mill, see our County-by-County Page for Woodruff Mill.
Cemeteries Near Woodruff Mill ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Woodruff Mill.
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 Woodruff Mill - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Woodruff Mill covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Woodruff Mill, with the one closest to Woodruff Mill listed first.
- Dunkard Graveyard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hartland Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lyle Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford Family Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Mt. Adams Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- McClure Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Centerville Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gilmer Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Wish - Ham Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Mosier Pioneer Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mosier Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Viewpoint Grave Island Memorial
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Continue List (28 more) ...
- IOOF Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- St. Peters Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Petersburg Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 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.<4>
While we didn't find Woodruff Mill in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Woodruff Mill.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Woodruff Mill, with the one closest to Woodruff Mill listed first.
- Blockhouse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Blockhouse is located in Klickitat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blockhouse
- Lyle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rowena
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Glenwood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Goldendale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Gilmer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gilmer is located in Klickitat County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmer
- Mosier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- White Salmon
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- The Dalles
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Biggs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Biggs is located in Sherman County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs
- Trout Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rufus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Boyd ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Boyd is located in Wasco County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Dufur
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Wasco
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Woodruff Mill. See our List of 1890's Communities around Woodruff Mill.
Newspapers Published in Woodruff Mill ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Woodruff Mill.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Woodruff Mill, 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 Woodruff Mill.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start 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 Woodruff Mill:
- Websites specific to Washington
- Pages specific to Klickitat County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Skamania County
- Hood River County
- Sherman County
- Wasco 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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Woodruff Mill) 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 Woodruff Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |