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 Bingo Creek Landing (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 Bingo Creek Landing. 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 Bingo Creek Landing ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Bingo Creek Landing: Bingo Crk. Lndg. (or less commonly used: Bingo Ck. Lndg. or Bingo Cr. Lndg.)

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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.

Bingo Creek Landing is located in Clearwater 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 Clearwater County: Idaho, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, Shoshone, Mineral (MT) & Missoula (MT).

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

• Clearwater County     (The home county of Bingo Creek Landing)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Bingo Creek Landing, with the one closest to Bingo Creek Landing listed first.
  • Pierce
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
    • Pierce is located in Clearwater County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pierce <1>
  • Judge Town
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge Town
    • Judge Town is located in Clearwater County
  • Elk River
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk River
    • Elk River is located in Clearwater County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 123 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk River <1>
  • Five Corners ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
    • Five Corners is located in Clearwater County
  • Weippe
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weippe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weippe
    • Weippe is located in Clearwater County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 448 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weippe <1>
  • Moose City
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moose City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose City
    • Moose City is located in Clearwater County
• Shoshone County
  • Clarkia
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkia
    • Clarkia is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarkia <1>

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

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 websites either 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 Bingo Creek Landing:

• 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 Clearwater County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Shoshone 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 Clearwater County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Cemeteries of Clearwater County

Cemeteries Near Bingo Creek Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bingo Creek Landing.

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 Bingo Creek Landing covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Bingo Creek Landing, with the one closest to Bingo Creek Landing listed first.

• Pierce Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pierce Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Pierce.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pierce Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2176081 <3>
• Marsh Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marsh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marsh Cemetery
• Three Pines Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • The Three Pines Cemetery has also been known as:
  • Elk River Cemetery
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Three Pines Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2174534 <3>
• Wells Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wells Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wells Cemetery
• Weseman Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weseman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weseman Cemetery
• Fraser Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fraser Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fraser Cemetery
• Weippe Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weippe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weippe Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Clearwater County: www.clearwatercounty.org/

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