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 Boehls (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 Boehls. 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 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.

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 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.

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

• Clearwater County     (The home county of Boehls)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Boehls, with the one closest to Boehls listed first.
  • Elk River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk River have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
  • Five Corners ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
    • Five Corners is located in Clearwater County
  • Judge Town
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judge Town
    • Judge Town is located in Clearwater County
  • Pierce
    (27 miles [43.5 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 <2>
• Benewah County
  • Fernwood
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fernwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernwood
    • Fernwood is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fernwood <2>
• Latah County
  • Bovill
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bovill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovill
    • Bovill is located in Latah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bovill <2>
• Shoshone County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Boehls, with the one closest to Boehls listed first.
  • Clarkia
    (18 miles [29 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 <2>
  • Emerald Creek
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Creek
    • Emerald Creek is located in Shoshone County
  • Avery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avery
    • Avery is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avery <2>
  • Calder
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calder have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calder
    • Calder is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calder <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Boehls ...

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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boehls.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boehls, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boehls.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Boehls:

• 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
  • Benewah County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Latah County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • 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 Boehls ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boehls.

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

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

• Three Pines Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • 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 <4>
• Marsh Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marsh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marsh Cemetery
• Bovill Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bovill Cemetery
• Pierce Cemetery
  (27 miles [43.5 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 <4>
• Wells Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wells Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wells Cemetery
• Weseman Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Weseman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Weseman Cemetery

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Boehls. 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/