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A visit to the Lost River 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 Lost River Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Lost River Cemetery (FG ID #80545).

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 Lost River Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Lost River Cemetery:

43.6968, -113.3854

The Lost River Cemetery is located in Butte County<2>.

The county seat for Butte County is located in Arco. Arco lies just to the southeast of the Lost River Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Lost River Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 12 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of the Lost River Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Lost River Cemetery, with the nearest first.

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 7 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Lost River Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Lost River Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Lost River
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Lost River is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
  • Moore
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Arco
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Butte City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Butte City is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
  • Alder City ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Alder City is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder City
  • Mackay
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Howe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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 Lost River Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Idaho:
  • Pages specific to Butte 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 Lost River Cemetery:

    Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #80545

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #373739  (Lost River Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #373739 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: Butte
      • Est. Elev: 1657 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Appendicitis Hill
      • Location given for Lost River Cemetery:
      • Lat: 43.6965684     Lon: -113.3847332
      • 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 Butte, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
    <3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lost River 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.