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 Central Cove (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 Central Cove. 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.
Name Variations for Central Cove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Central Cove: Central Cv.
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.
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 and hospitals 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.
Central Cove is located in Canyon 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 Canyon County: Ada, Gem, Owyhee, Payette & Malheur (OR).
Below are the counties that are near Central Cove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Central Cove:
- Canyon County (The home county of Central Cove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Central Cove, with the one closest to Central Cove listed first.
- Huston
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Greenleaf
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilder
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Weitz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weitz is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weitz
- Notus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Caldwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Roswell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Roswell is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
- Parma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Middleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Hollow
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sand Hollow is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hollow
- Nampa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Apple Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Apple Valley is located in Canyon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
- Ada County
- The following are listed by their distance from Central Cove, with the one closest to Central Cove listed first.
- Star
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kuna
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Meridian
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Eagle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Garden City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Boise Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Boise Junction is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Junction
- Collister
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Collister is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collister
- Gem County
- The following are listed by their distance from Central Cove, with the one closest to Central Cove listed first.
- Bramwell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bramwell is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramwell
- Letha
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Emmett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Owyhee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Central Cove, with the one closest to Central Cove listed first.
- Homedale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Marsing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rockville is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Payette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Central Cove, with the one closest to Central Cove listed first.
- New Plymouth
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Buckingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Buckingham is located in Payette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Fruitland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Malheur County (OR)
- The following are listed by their distance from Central Cove, with the one closest to Central Cove listed first.
- Adrian
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Owyhee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Owyhee is located in Malheur County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
- Nyssa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Nyssa is located in Malheur County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,231 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyssa <1>
- Ontario
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Central Cove, see our County-by-County Page for Central Cove.
Cemeteries Near Central Cove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Central Cove.
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 Central Cove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Central Cove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Central Cove, with the one closest to Central Cove listed first.
- Marsing - Homedale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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 <2>
- Fargo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Wilder Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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 <2>
- Peaceful Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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]<3> to the east of Marsing.
- The Peaceful Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Knowlton Heights Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2153586 <2>
- Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Roswell Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Canyon Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Boise Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Parma Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Middleton Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (27 more) ...
- Kohlerlawn Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mt. Calvary Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Owyhee Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Central Cove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Central Cove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Central Cove, with the one closest to Central Cove listed first.
- Notus
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Caldwell
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Parma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Middleton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Nampa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Owyhee
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Owyhee is located in Malheur County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
- Rockville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Rockville is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Nyssa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Nyssa is located in Malheur County (OR)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,231 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyssa <1>
- Star
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Kuna
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Mora
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Mora is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
- Reynolds
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Reynolds is located in Owyhee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
- Ontario
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Central Cove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Central Cove.
Newspapers Published in Central Cove ...
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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around Central Cove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Central Cove, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Central Cove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Central Cove:
- Websites specific to Idaho
- Pages specific to Canyon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ada County
- Gem County
- Owyhee County
- Payette County
- Malheur County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Idaho
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Central Cove) 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 Central Cove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |