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Welcome to Carothers Place ...

So far, we found very little information about Carothers Place. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Carothers Place to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Carothers Place, please Contact Us.


Carothers Place would have been located within present day Owyhee County<2>.


The location of Carothers Place has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


A typical abbreviation for Carothers Place: Carothers Pl. (or less commonly used: Carothers Plc.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Carothers Place for more information about variations on the name of Carothers Place.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Carothers Place is 3,610 feet [1,100 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Carothers Place is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Carothers Place was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Carothers Place would have been located in the (208) & (986)<5> area codes.

Communities near Carothers Place ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Carothers Place.

  • Grand View
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
    • Grand View is located in Owyhee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand View <6>
  • Silver City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Oreana
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreana
    • Oreana is located in Owyhee County
  • Empire City ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Empire City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
    • Empire City is located in Owyhee County
  • De Lamar ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lamar
    • De Lamar is located in Owyhee County
  • Murphy
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
    • Murphy is located in Owyhee County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murphy <6>
  • Swan Falls
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Falls
    • Swan Falls is located in Ada County
  • Buncel Place ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncel Place
    • Buncel Place is located in Owyhee County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Carothers Place. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carothers Place.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Carothers Place. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carothers Place.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Carothers Place. See our Newspapers Page for Carothers Place.

The official website for Owyhee County: www.owyheecounty.net/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Carothers Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Owyhee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carothers Place - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (986) is an overlay for area code (208).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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