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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 Steamboat Rocks (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 Steamboat Rocks. 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 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.

Steamboat Rocks 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 Steamboat Rocks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Steamboat Rocks:

  • Shoshone County     (The home county of Steamboat Rocks)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steamboat Rocks, with the one closest to Steamboat Rocks listed first.
    • Murray
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • 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>
    • Smelterville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Sweeney
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeney
      • Sweeney is located in Shoshone County
    • Kellogg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kellogg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
      • Kellogg is located in Shoshone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,130 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kellogg <2>
    • Kingston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Pinehurst
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinehurst have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
      • Pinehurst is located in Shoshone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,620 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinehurst <2>
    • Carbon Center
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center
      • Carbon Center is located in Shoshone County
    • Wardner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Osburn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Silverton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • 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>
    • Burke ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • 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
  • Bonner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steamboat Rocks, with the one closest to Steamboat Rocks listed first.
    • Cabinet ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabinet
      • Cabinet is located in Bonner County
    • Lakeview
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
      • Lakeview is located in Bonner County
    • Clark Fork
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clark Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Fork
      • Clark Fork is located in Bonner County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clark Fork <2>
    • Cedar Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
      • Cedar Creek is located in Bonner County
    • East Hope
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hope
      • East Hope is located in Bonner County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
    • Hope
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
      • Hope is located in Bonner County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <2>
    • Careywood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Careywood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Careywood
      • Careywood is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Careywood <2>
    • Cocolalla
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Westmond
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmond
      • Westmond is located in Bonner County
    • Dufort
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dufort
      • Dufort is located in Bonner County
    • Algoma
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
      • Algoma is located in Bonner County
    • Sagle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Kootenai County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steamboat Rocks, with the one closest to Steamboat Rocks listed first.
    • Bayview
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayview have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
      • Bayview is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayview <2>
    • Belmont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
      • Belmont is located in Kootenai County
    • Cataldo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Athol
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Canyon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
      • Canyon is located in Kootenai County
    • Rose Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lake
      • Rose Lake is located in Kootenai County
    • Garwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwood
      • Garwood is located in Kootenai County
  • Sanders County (MT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steamboat Rocks, with the one closest to Steamboat Rocks listed first.
    • Heron
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Smead ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smead have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smead
      • Smead is located in Sanders County (MT)
    • Noxon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noxon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxon
      • Noxon is located in Sanders County (MT)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noxon <2>
    • Trout Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Creek
      • Trout Creek is located in Sanders County (MT)
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trout Creek <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Steamboat Rocks ...

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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Steamboat Rocks.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Steamboat Rocks, 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 Steamboat Rocks.

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 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 Steamboat Rocks:

Cemeteries Near Steamboat Rocks ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Steamboat Rocks.

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

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

  • Cabinet Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Cabinet Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cabinet Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2175503 <5>
  • Heron Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Heron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Heron Cemetery
  • Noxon Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Noxon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Noxon Cemetery
  • Clara Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clara Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clara Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80433 <5>
  • Clark Fork Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Murray Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Drake Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Drake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Drake Cemetery
  • Hope Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Old Hope Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Old Hope Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Hope Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2282122 <5>
  • Shoshone Memorial Gardens
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Shoshone Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shoshone Memorial Gardens
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Westmond Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Westmond Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Westmond Cemetery
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Mountain View Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
    • Rose Lake Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rose Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rose Lake Cemetery
    • Old Mission Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Mission Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Mission Cemetery

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 Steamboat Rocks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Steamboat Rocks.

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

  • Heron
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Noxon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noxon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxon
    • Noxon is located in Sanders County (MT)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noxon <2>
  • Tuscor
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tuscor have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscor
    • Tuscor is located in Sanders County (MT)
  • Eagle
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Delta
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • 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
  • Murray
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • 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>
  • Enaville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Enaville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enaville
    • Enaville is located in Shoshone County
  • Trout Creek
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trout Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Creek
    • Trout Creek is located in Sanders County (MT)
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trout Creek <2>
  • Cataldo
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Kingston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Kellogg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kellogg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
      • Kellogg is located in Shoshone County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,130 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kellogg <2>
    • Cocolalla
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Athol
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Wardner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Osburn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Steamboat Rocks. 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Steamboat Rocks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Steamboat Rocks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.9146, Longitude: -116.1266       In this case, the coordinates for Steamboat Rocks 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 Steamboat Rocks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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