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 Adelaide (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 Adelaide. 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.
Adelaide is located in Minidoka County.
To see how the shape of Idaho's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Minidoka County: Blaine, Cassia, Jerome & Lincoln.
Below are the counties that are near Adelaide. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Adelaide:
- Minidoka County (The home county of Adelaide)
- The following are listed by their distance from Adelaide, with the one closest to Adelaide listed first.
- Acequia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Acequia is located in Minidoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acequia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Minidoka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Rupert
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Paul
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Amalga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Amalga is located in Minidoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amalga
- Heyburn
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Cassia County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adelaide, with the one closest to Adelaide listed first.
- Burley
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Declo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pella
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Pella is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Albion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jerome County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adelaide, with the one closest to Adelaide listed first.
- Hazelton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Eden
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln County
- The following are listed by their distance from Adelaide, with the one closest to Adelaide listed first.
- Kimama
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kimama is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimama
- Besslen
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Besslen is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besslen
- Richfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Dietrich
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Adelaide, see our County-by-County Page for Adelaide.
Cemeteries Near Adelaide ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Adelaide.
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 Adelaide - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Adelaide covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Adelaide, with the one closest to Adelaide listed first.
- Adelaide Congregational Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelaide Congregational Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Adelaide Congregational Cemetery is located 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the west of Minidoka.
- The Adelaide Congregational Cemetery has also been known as:
- Trinity Lutheran Church Graveyard
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2526998 <3>
- Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the north of Rupert.
- The Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery has also been known as:
- Acequia Rupert Cemetery
- M.A.R. Cemetery
- Rupert Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80632 <3>
- Paul Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Paul Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the north of Paul.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80598 <3>
- Jackson Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Heyburn.
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Heyburn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1845218 <3>
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Declo Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Gem Memorial Gardens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Memorial Gardens
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Gem Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Burley.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1186675 <3>
- Pella Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pella Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the west of Pella.
- The Pella Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pella Ward Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80600 <3>
- Hazelton Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazelton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Hazelton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976931 <3>
- View Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Albion Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Richfield Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Richfield Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Richfield.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1890038 <3>
- Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Adelaide in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Adelaide.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Adelaide, with the one closest to Adelaide listed first.
- Kimama
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Kimama is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimama
- Minidoka
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Owinza
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Owinza is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owinza
- Pagari
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pagari is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagari
- Albion
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Wapi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wapi is located in Blaine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapi
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Adelaide. See our List of 1890's Communities around Adelaide.
Newspapers Published in Adelaide ...
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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Adelaide.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Adelaide, 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 Adelaide.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Adelaide:
- Websites specific to Idaho
- Pages specific to Minidoka County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cassia County
- Jerome County
- Lincoln County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Idaho
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Adelaide) 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 Adelaide, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |