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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 Allens Spur (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 Allens Spur. 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.

Name Variations for Allens Spur ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

While the name of this community is Allens Spur, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Allens Spur may originally have been Allen's Spur.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Allens Spur might be written as Allen Spur.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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.

Allens Spur is located in Boundary 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 Boundary County: Bonner, Lincoln (MT), Sanders (MT) & Pend Oreille (WA).

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

  • Boundary County     (The home county of Allens Spur)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allens Spur, with the one closest to Allens Spur listed first.
    • Bonners Ferry
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Moyie Springs
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moyie Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyie Springs
      • Moyie Springs is located in Boundary County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 795 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moyie Springs <2>
    • Naples
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Boulder City ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boulder City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder City
      • Boulder City is located in Boundary County
    • Porthill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porthill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porthill
      • Porthill is located in Boundary County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Porthill <2>
    • Eastport
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Bonner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allens Spur, with the one closest to Allens Spur listed first.
    • Samuels
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Samuels have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samuels
      • Samuels is located in Bonner County
    • Colburn
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Nordman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nordman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nordman
      • Nordman is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nordman <2>
    • Coolin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coolin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolin
      • Coolin is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coolin <2>
    • Boyer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyer
      • Boyer is located in Bonner County
    • Kootenai
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Ponderay
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln County (MT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Allens Spur, with the one closest to Allens Spur listed first.
    • Sylvanite
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvanite
      • Sylvanite is located in Lincoln County (MT)
    • Troy
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Troy is located in Lincoln County (MT)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 982 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <2>
    • Yaak
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaak
      • Yaak is located in Lincoln County (MT)

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

Newspapers Published in Allens Spur ...

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 10 newspapers that have been published in the area around Allens Spur.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Allens Spur, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Allens Spur.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Allens Spur:

Cemeteries Near Allens Spur ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Allens Spur.

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

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

  • Moravia Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Moravia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moravia Cemetery
  • Grandview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Paradise Valley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Paradise Valley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paradise Valley Cemetery
  • Copeland Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Boulder Creek Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boulder Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boulder Creek Cemetery
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Gold Creek Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gold Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gold Creek Cemetery
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Pack River Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pack River Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pack River Cemetery
  • Forest Lawn Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Lawn Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Erickson (BC).
    • The Forest Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Forest Lawn Municipal Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Lawn Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180752 <5>
  • Troy Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Troy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Troy Cemetery

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

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

The official website for Boundary County: www.boundary-idaho.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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- Allens Spur) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Allens Spur. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.7405, Longitude: -116.3663       In this case, the coordinates for Allens Spur have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.




 

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