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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 Adair (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 Adair. 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.

Adair is located in Shoshone County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Shoshone County: Benewah, Bonner, Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, Mineral (MT) & Sanders (MT).

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

  • Shoshone County     (The home county of Adair)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adair, with the one closest to Adair listed first.
    • Avery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
      • Avery is located in Shoshone County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avery <2>
    • Mullan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mullan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullan
      • Mullan is located in Shoshone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullan <2>
    • Burke ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burke have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
      • Burke is located in Shoshone County
    • Frisco
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frisco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
      • Frisco is located in Shoshone County
    • Woodland Park
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Park
      • Woodland Park is located in Shoshone County
    • Wallace
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Silverton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
      • Silverton is located in Shoshone County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silverton <2>
    • Carbon Center
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center
      • Carbon Center is located in Shoshone County
    • Osburn
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Murray
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murray have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
      • Murray is located in Shoshone County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <2>
    • Wardner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Calder
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calder have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calder
      • Calder is located in Shoshone County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calder <2>
  • Mineral County (MT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adair, with the one closest to Adair listed first.
    • East Portal ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Portal
      • East Portal is located in Mineral County (MT)
    • Saltese
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Haugan
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • De Borgia
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Borgia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Borgia
      • De Borgia is located in Mineral County (MT)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for De Borgia <2>
    • Cabin City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cabin City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabin City
      • Cabin City is located in Mineral County (MT)
    • Saint Regis
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Sanders County (MT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Adair, with the one closest to Adair listed first.
    • Thompson Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thompson Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Falls
      • Thompson Falls is located in Sanders County (MT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,432 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson Falls <2>
    • Eddy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy
      • Eddy is located in Sanders County (MT)

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

Newspapers Published in Adair ...

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 43 newspapers that have been published in the area around Adair.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Adair, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Adair.

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 websites either 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 Adair:

Cemeteries Near Adair ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Adair.

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

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

  • Dominion Peak Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Dominion Peak Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dominion Peak Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2420831 <5>
  • Saltese Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Saltese Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Saltese Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2314870 <5>
  • De Borgia Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Miners Union Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miners Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miners Union Cemetery
  • United Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the United Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the United Cemetery
  • VFW Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the VFW Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the VFW Cemetery
  • Fraternal Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Fraternal Cemetery has also been known as:
    • IOOF Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fraternal Cemetery
  • Wild Rose Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Murray Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Murray Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murray Cemetery
  • St. Regis Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Heller Grave
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Heller Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Heller Grave
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Whitepine Trout Creek Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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.<6>

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

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

  • Borax
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borax have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borax
    • Borax is located in Mineral County (MT)
  • Saltese
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • De Borgia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for De Borgia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Borgia
    • De Borgia is located in Mineral County (MT)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for De Borgia <2>
  • Mullan
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mullan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullan
    • Mullan is located in Shoshone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullan <2>
  • Burke ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burke have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
    • Burke is located in Shoshone County
  • Frisco
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frisco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
    • Frisco is located in Shoshone County
  • Wallace
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Osburn
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Murray
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murray have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Murray is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <2>
  • Delta
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delta have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Delta is located in Shoshone County
  • Saint Regis
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Belknap
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belknap have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belknap
    • Belknap is located in Sanders County (MT)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Eagle
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
      • Eagle is located in Shoshone County
    • Eddy
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddy
      • Eddy is located in Sanders County (MT)
    • Wardner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

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

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Adair) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Adair. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.3421, Longitude: -115.6121       In this case, the coordinates for Adair have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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 Adair, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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