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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Bugtown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bugtown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bugtown, please Contact Us.

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 Bugtown (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 Bugtown. 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 and 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Bugtown is historic, it would have been located within present day Canyon 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 Canyon County: Ada, Gem, Owyhee, Payette & Malheur (OR).

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

  • Canyon County     (The home county of Bugtown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bugtown, with the one closest to Bugtown listed first.
    • Caldwell
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Middleton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Weitz
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weitz
      • Weitz is located in Canyon County
    • Huston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huston
      • Huston is located in Canyon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huston <2>
    • Notus
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notus
      • Notus is located in Canyon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Notus <2>
    • Nampa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nampa
      • Nampa is located in Canyon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,215 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nampa <2>
    • Greenleaf
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Sand Hollow
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hollow
      • Sand Hollow is located in Canyon County
    • Riverside
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Riverside is located in Canyon County
    • Wilder
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Kings Corner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Corner
      • Kings Corner is located in Canyon County
    • Bowmont
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmont
      • Bowmont is located in Canyon County
  • Ada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bugtown, with the one closest to Bugtown listed first.
    • Star
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
      • Star is located in Ada County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star <2>
    • Meridian
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Eagle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Kuna
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Garden City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
      • Garden City is located in Ada County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,920 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden City <2>
    • Boise Junction
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Junction
      • Boise Junction is located in Ada County
    • Collister
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collister
      • Collister is located in Ada County
    • Boise City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise City
      • Boise City is located in Ada County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 229,776 people
      • Former name for Boise City:
      • Boise City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boise City <2>
    • Boise Hills Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boise Hills Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Hills Village
      • Boise Hills Village is located in Ada County
  • Boise County
    • Horseshoe Bend
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horseshoe Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Bend
      • Horseshoe Bend is located in Boise County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horseshoe Bend <2>
  • Gem County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bugtown, with the one closest to Bugtown listed first.
    • Bramwell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramwell
      • Bramwell is located in Gem County
    • Letha
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Letha have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letha
      • Letha is located in Gem County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Letha <2>
    • Emmett
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Pearl
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
      • Pearl is located in Gem County
    • Montour
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Montour. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montour
      • Montour is located in Gem County
    • Sweet
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Owyhee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bugtown, with the one closest to Bugtown listed first.
    • Marsing
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Homedale
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homedale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homedale
      • Homedale is located in Owyhee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,830 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homedale <2>
  • Payette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bugtown, with the one closest to Bugtown listed first.
    • New Plymouth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Plymouth
      • New Plymouth is located in Payette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,609 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Plymouth <2>
    • Buckingham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
      • Buckingham is located in Payette County
    • Fruitland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
      • Fruitland is located in Payette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,568 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitland <2>
    • Washoe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe
      • Washoe is located in Payette County
  • Malheur County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bugtown, with the one closest to Bugtown listed first.
    • Adrian
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adrian have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
      • Adrian is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adrian <2>
    • Owyhee
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Owyhee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
      • Owyhee is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Nyssa
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nyssa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa
      • Nyssa is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,231 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyssa <2>
    • Ontario
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ontario have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
      • Ontario is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,140 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ontario <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Bugtown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bugtown.

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

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

  • Canyon Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Middleton Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kohlerlawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Greenleaf Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenleaf Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenleaf Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Greenleaf.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1405947 <5>
  • Peaceful Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peaceful Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Peaceful Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<6> to the west of Marsing.
    • The Peaceful Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Knowlton Heights Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2153586 <5>
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lower Fairview Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Star Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Five Mile Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Lower Boise Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (34 more) ...
    • Wilder Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilder Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilder Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wilder.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80679 <5>
    • Fargo Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fargo Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fargo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Marsing - Homedale Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marsing - Homedale Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marsing - Homedale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.

While we didn't find Bugtown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bugtown.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Bugtown, with the one closest to Bugtown listed first.

  • Caldwell
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Middleton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Nampa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nampa
    • Nampa is located in Canyon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,215 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nampa <2>
  • Notus
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notus
    • Notus is located in Canyon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Notus <2>
  • Star
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
    • Star is located in Ada County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,259 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star <2>
  • Parma
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
    • Parma is located in Canyon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,129 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <2>
  • Kuna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Mora
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
    • Mora is located in Ada County
  • Owyhee
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Owyhee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
    • Owyhee is located in Malheur County (OR)
  • Nyssa
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nyssa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa
    • Nyssa is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,231 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyssa <2>
  • Boise City
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise City
    • Boise City is located in Ada County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 229,776 people
    • Former name for Boise City:
    • Boise City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boise City <2>
  • Rockville
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Rockville is located in Owyhee County
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Sweet
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Owyhee
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owyhee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
      • Owyhee is located in Ada County
    • Horseshoe Bend
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horseshoe Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe Bend
      • Horseshoe Bend is located in Boise County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horseshoe Bend <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Bugtown ...

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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bugtown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Bugtown, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Bugtown.

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 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 Bugtown:

The official website for Canyon County: www.canyoncounty.org/

The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Bugtown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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.
<6>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- Bugtown) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bugtown. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6593, Longitude: -116.6749       In this case, the coordinates for Bugtown have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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