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A visit to the Miner Grave ...


The location of the Miner Grave has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<1>


Introduction ...

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

We discovered that his burial had been refused 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 Miner Grave ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Miner Grave can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Miner Grave

Lat:   43.9499°   (43° 56' 59")

Lon:   -115.7776°   (-115° 46' 39")

The Miner Grave is located in Boise County<2>.

The county seat for Boise County is located in Idaho City. Idaho City lies just to the south southwest of the Miner Grave .

Websites to help with your 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 websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Miner Grave:

  • Pages specific to Idaho:
  • Pages specific to Boise County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...

    • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 12 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Miner Grave.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Miner Grave, with the nearest first.

    • Grimes Pass
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes Pass
      • Grimes Pass is located in Boise County
    • Idaho City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Idaho City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho City
      • Idaho City is located in Boise County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idaho City <4>
    • Placerville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Lowman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowman
      • Lowman is located in Boise County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowman <4>
    • Garden Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Crouch
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crouch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
      • Crouch is located in Boise County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
    • Banks
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
      • Banks is located in Boise County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Banks <4>
    • Horseshoe Bend
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horseshoe Bend have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <4>
    • Brownlee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownlee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
      • Brownlee is located in Boise County
    • Pearl
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
      • Pearl is located in Gem County
    • Sweet
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Montour
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montour have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montour
      • Montour is located in Gem County

    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 Miner Grave. The following communities are located in Boise County.

    More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Miner Grave.

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 14 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Miner Grave.<5>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Miner Grave, with the nearest first.

    • Grimes Pass Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Old Catholic Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • IOOF Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the IOOF Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
      • The IOOF Cemetery is located in Boise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
    • Boot Hill Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boot Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Boot Hill Cemetery is located in Boise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boot Hill Cemetery
    • Idaho City Pioneer Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Idaho City Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Idaho City Pioneer Cemetery is located in Boise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Idaho City Pioneer Cemetery
    • Garden Valley Pioneer Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garden Valley Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Garden Valley Pioneer Cemetery is located in Boise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garden Valley Pioneer Cemetery
    • Pioneer Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Brownlee Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Sweet Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sweet Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Sweet Cemetery is located in Gem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sweet Cemetery
    • Sweet-Montour Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Pearl Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Ola Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ft. Boise Military Cemetery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • The Ft. Boise Military Cemetery is located in Ada County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ft. Boise Military Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Boise City.
      • The Ft. Boise Military Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Boise Barracks Military Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ft. Boise Military Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80473 <6>
    • Idaho State Penitentiary Cemetery
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

    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 Miner Grave:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #400725  (Miner Grave)
      • Note: GNIS record #400725 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
      • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Pioneerville
      • County: Boise         Elev: 1881
      • Location given for GNIS #400725 (Miner Grave)

    The official website for Boise County: www.co.boise.id.us/

    The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/

    Footnotes ...

    <1>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.
    <2>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Boise, 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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Miner Grave. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.9499, Longitude: -115.7776       In this case, the coordinates for the Miner Grave have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
    <6>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.
    <7>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.




 

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