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 Idaho Falls (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 Idaho Falls. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Idaho Falls is located in Bonneville County and is the County Seat.

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 Bonneville County: Bingham, Caribou, Jefferson, Madison, Teton, Lincoln (WY) & Teton (WY).

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

• Bonneville County     (The home county of Idaho Falls)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Idaho Falls, with the one closest to Idaho Falls listed first.
  • Ammon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ammon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
    • Ammon is located in Bonneville County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,726 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ammon <2>
  • Iona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
    • Iona is located in Bonneville County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,441 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iona <2>
  • Taylorville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
    • Taylorville is located in Bonneville County
  • Ucon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ucon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ucon
    • Ucon is located in Bonneville County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,172 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ucon <2>
  • Ozone
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ozone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozone
    • Ozone is located in Bonneville County
  • Bone
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone
    • Bone is located in Bonneville County
• Bingham County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Idaho Falls, with the one closest to Idaho Falls listed first.
  • Woodville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Woodville is located in Bingham County
  • Shelley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelley
    • Shelley is located in Bingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,652 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelley <2>
  • Basalt
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Basalt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basalt
    • Basalt is located in Bingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basalt <2>
  • Firth
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Firth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firth
    • Firth is located in Bingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Firth <2>
  • Wapello
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapello
    • Wapello is located in Bingham County
  • Blackfoot
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackfoot have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
    • Blackfoot is located in Bingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,025 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blackfoot <2>
  • Collins
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collins
    • Collins is located in Bingham County
  • Moreland
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moreland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreland
    • Moreland is located in Bingham County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moreland <2>
  • Aberdeen Junction
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Junction
    • Aberdeen Junction is located in Bingham County
  • Riverside
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Riverside is located in Bingham County
• Jefferson County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Idaho Falls, with the one closest to Idaho Falls listed first.
  • Garfield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Garfield is located in Jefferson County
  • Lewisville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
    • Lewisville is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisville <2>
  • Rigby
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigby
    • Rigby is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,430 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rigby <2>
  • Menan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Menan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menan
    • Menan is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menan <2>
  • Roberts
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roberts have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
    • Roberts is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 649 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roberts <2>
  • Ririe
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ririe
    • Ririe is located in Jefferson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 694 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ririe <2>
  • Annis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annis
    • Annis is located in Jefferson County
• Madison County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Idaho Falls, with the one closest to Idaho Falls listed first.
  • Archer
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
    • Archer is located in Madison County
  • Walker
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Walker is located in Madison County
  • Rexburg
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexburg
    • Rexburg is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,658 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rexburg <2>
  • Plano
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
    • Plano is located in Madison County
  • Edmonds
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
    • Edmonds is located in Madison County
  • Sugar City
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar City
    • Sugar City is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sugar City <2>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Idaho Falls ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Idaho Falls.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

• A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Idaho Falls. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Idaho Falls and those printed in the larger area surrounding Idaho Falls.
• An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4> of Idaho Falls.

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 Idaho Falls:

• Websites specific to Idaho
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //history.idaho.gov/idaho-state-archives

• Pages specific to Bonneville County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Bingham County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Jefferson County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Madison County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Idaho
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Cemeteries of Bonneville County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Idaho

Cemeteries Near Idaho Falls ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Idaho Falls.

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

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

• Rose Hill Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • The Rose Hill Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Rosehill Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Hill Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80629 <5>
• New Sweden Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the New Sweden Cemetery
• Lincoln Cemetery
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Cemetery
• Ammon Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ammon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ammon Cemetery
• Iona Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Iona Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Iona Cemetery
• Woodville Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Woodville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodville Cemetery
• Taylor Cemetery
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taylor Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80659 <5>
• Ucon Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ucon Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #313644 <5>
• Hillcrest Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hillcrest Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillcrest Cemetery
• Central Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Central Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Central Cemetery
• Milo Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Milo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Milo Cemetery
• Basalt Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Basalt Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Basalt Cemetery
• Continue List   (16 more) ...
  • Lewisville Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lewisville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lewisville Cemetery
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Riverview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverview Cemetery
  • Rigby Pioneer Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rigby Pioneer Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Rigby.
    • The Rigby Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rigby Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #219994 <5>

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Idaho Falls had a population of 938 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Idaho Falls had a population of 64,142 people.

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

• Basalt
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Basalt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basalt
  • Basalt is located in Bingham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basalt <2>
• Blackfoot
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blackfoot have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackfoot
  • Blackfoot is located in Bingham County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,025 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blackfoot <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Idaho Falls: www.ci.idaho-falls.id.us/

The official website for Bonneville County: www.co.bonneville.id.us/

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