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A visit to the Fort Boise Military Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Ft. Boise Military Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Ft. Boise Military Cemetery (FG ID #80473).

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Ft. Boise Military Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Ft. Boise Military Cemetery:

43.6236, -116.1790

The Ft. Boise Military Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Boise.

The cemetery is located in Ada County<2>.

The county seat for Ada County is located in Boise. Boise lies just to the west southwest of the Ft. Boise Military Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Ft. Boise Military Cemetery.

Name Variations for Ft. Boise Military Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Ft. Boise Military Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Boise Barracks Military Cemetery

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.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 23 miles [37 km]<3> of the Ft. Boise Military Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Ft. Boise Military Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 22 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Ft. Boise Military Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Ft. Boise Military Cemetery, with the nearest first:

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Ft. Boise Military Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Ada County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Ft. Boise Military Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Boise
    • Boise lies less than 2 miles<3> to the West Southwest (WSW) of the Ft. Boise Military Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Boise.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise
  • Caldwell
  • Emmett
    • Emmett lies 23 miles [37 km]<3> to the Northwest (NW) of the Ft. Boise Military Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Emmett.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmett
  • Idaho City
  • Meridian
  • Middleton
  • Nampa
    • Nampa lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<3> to the West (W) of the Ft. Boise Military Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Nampa.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nampa

Websites to help with your 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 websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Ft. Boise Military Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Idaho:
  • Pages specific to Ada County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:

    • Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

    Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

    We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Ft. Boise Military Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #80473

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #372753  (Fort Boise Military Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #372753 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
      • BGN Class: cemetery
      • County: Ada
      • Est. Elev: 881 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Boise South
      • Location given for Fort Boise Military Cemetery:
      • Lat: 43.6240561     Lon: -116.1787276
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Ada, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ft. Boise Military Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add.
    <5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.