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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 Cambridge (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 Cambridge. 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 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.

Cambridge is located in Bannock County.

To see how the shape of Idaho's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bannock County: Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida & Power.

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

  • Bannock County     (The home county of Cambridge)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cambridge, with the one closest to Cambridge listed first.
    • Downey
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Arimo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Robin
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Robin is located in Bannock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin
    • Swanlake
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lava Hot Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • McCammon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Inkom
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Caribou County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cambridge, with the one closest to Cambridge listed first.
    • Grace
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Bench
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Bench is located in Caribou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bench
    • Bancroft
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Chesterfield ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Chesterfield is located in Caribou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
    • Soda Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Franklin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cambridge, with the one closest to Cambridge listed first.
    • Oxford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Oxford is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
    • Clifton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Thatcher
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Dayton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Preston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Weston
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Whitney
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Whitney is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cambridge, with the one closest to Cambridge listed first.
    • Saint Johns
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Johns is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
    • Malad City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Pleasantview
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Pleasantview is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantview
    • Cherry Creek
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Cherry Creek is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
    • Gwenford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Gwenford is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwenford
    • Samaria
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Samaria is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
    • Woodruff
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Woodruff is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
  • Power County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cambridge, with the one closest to Cambridge listed first.
    • Arbon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Pauline
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Pauline is located in Power County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauline

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

Cemeteries Near Cambridge ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cambridge.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Cambridge - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cambridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Marsh Valley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Downey Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Cambridge Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Byington Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodland Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Grant Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Marsh Center Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Rock Pass Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Arimo Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Swan Lake Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Robin Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Robin Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Robin.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80627 <2>
  • Lava Hot Springs Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava Hot Springs Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lava Hot Springs Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the south of Lava Hot Springs.
    • The Lava Hot Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lava Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80537 <2>
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Norton Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Norton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of McCammon.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #292294 <2>
    • Harkness Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Oxford Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Downey
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Swanlake
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • McCammon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Saint Johns
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Johns is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
  • Malad City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Cherry Creek
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Cherry Creek is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
  • Inkom
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Samaria
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Samaria is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
  • Preston
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Cambridge ...

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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cambridge.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cambridge, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cambridge.

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 Cambridge:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>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 from Point A (ie- Cambridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Cambridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.