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Nearest Communities to Big Eddy,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Big Eddy, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Big Eddy:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Big Eddy.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Big Eddy is located in Boise County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Boise County: Ada, Custer, Elmore, Gem & Valley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Big Eddy. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than Boise County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Big Eddy (which is Boise County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Big Eddy

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Boise County   (where Big Eddy resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.boisecounty.us/
    • County Seat for Boise:   Idaho City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Big Eddy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Big Eddy.
      • Banks
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Crouch
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Crouch is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
      • Garden Valley
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Brownlee
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Brownlee is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
      • Gardena
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Gardena is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardena
      • Grimes Pass
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Grimes Pass is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes Pass
      • Quartzburg
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Quartzburg is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzburg
      • Granite
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Granite is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
      • Placerville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Horseshoe Bend
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Pioneerville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Pioneerville is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneerville
      • Star Ranch Summer Home Area
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Centerville
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Centerville is located in Boise County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
        • Lowman
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • New Centerville
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • New Centerville is located in Boise County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Centerville
        • Long Creek Summit Home
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Washington Mill
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Washington Mill is located in Boise County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mill
        • Tenmile Summer Home Area
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Howell ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Howell is located in Boise County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
        • Idaho City
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Adams County
  • Gem County
    • County Website:   https://www.gemcounty.org/
    • County Seat for Gem:   Emmett
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Big Eddy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Big Eddy.
      • Ola
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Gross
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Gross is located in Gem County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
      • Sweet
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Montour
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Montour is located in Gem County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montour
      • Marsh ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Marsh is located in Gem County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh
      • Black Canyon
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Black Canyon is located in Gem County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Canyon
      • Pearl
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Pearl is located in Gem County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
      • Plaza
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Plaza is located in Gem County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaza
      • Emmett
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Payette County
  • Valley County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.valley.id.us/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Cascade
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Big Eddy   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Big Eddy.
      • High Valley
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • High Valley is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Valley
      • Smiths Ferry
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Smiths Ferry is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Ferry
      • Alpha
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Alpha is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
      • Cabarton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Cabarton is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabarton
      • Belvidere
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Belvidere is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
      • Cascade
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Arling
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Arling is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arling
      • Eagle Nest
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Eagle Nest is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Nest
  • Washington County

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Big Eddy) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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