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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 Chalk Cut (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 Chalk Cut. 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 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.

Chalk Cut is located in Elmore County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Elmore County: Ada, Boise, Camas, Gooding, Owyhee & Twin Falls.

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

  • Elmore County     (The home county of Chalk Cut)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Cut, with the one closest to Chalk Cut listed first.
    • Hammett
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hammett have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammett
      • Hammett is located in Elmore County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammett <2>
    • Glenns Ferry
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Mountain Home
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • King Hill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Dixie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
      • Dixie is located in Elmore County
    • Reclamation Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reclamation Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reclamation Village
      • Reclamation Village is located in Elmore County
  • Gooding County
    • Bliss
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bliss have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
      • Bliss is located in Gooding County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bliss <2>
  • Owyhee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Chalk Cut, with the one closest to Chalk Cut listed first.
    • Bruneau
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Grand View
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
      • Grand View is located in Owyhee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand View <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Chalk Cut ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Chalk Cut.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bruneau Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bruneau Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bruneau Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Bruneau.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2147087 <3>
  • Knighton Farm Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • O X Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hot Springs Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Stone Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stone Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Chinese Memorial Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Bliss Family Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Upper Clover Creek Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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.<5>

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

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

  • Reverse
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reverse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reverse
    • Reverse is located in Elmore County
  • Glenns Ferry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Mountain Home
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • King Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Cleft
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleft have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleft
    • Cleft is located in Elmore County
  • Grand View
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand View have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand View
    • Grand View is located in Owyhee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 478 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand View <2>
  • Bliss
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bliss have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss
    • Bliss is located in Gooding County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 312 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bliss <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Chalk Cut ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Chalk Cut.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Chalk Cut, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Chalk Cut.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Chalk Cut:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Chalk Cut. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Elmore County: www.elmorecounty.org/

The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/

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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chalk Cut) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chalk Cut. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9810, Longitude: -115.5331       In this case, the coordinates for Chalk Cut have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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 Chalk Cut, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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