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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 Coleman (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 Coleman. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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.

Coleman is located in Bonner 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 Bonner County: Boundary, Kootenai, Lincoln, Shoshone, Sanders (MT), Pend Oreille (WA) & Spokane (WA).

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

  • Bonner County     (The home county of Coleman)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Blanchard
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Careywood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Priest River
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Laclede
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Oldtown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Cocolalla
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Westmond
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Westmond is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmond
    • Dufort
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Dufort is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dufort
    • Wrencoe
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Wrencoe is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
    • Algoma
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Algoma is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
    • Sagle
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Creek is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
  • Kootenai County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Spirit Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Echo Beach
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Echo Beach is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Beach
    • Athol
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Sturgeon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Sturgeon is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon
    • Belmont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Belmont is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Garwood
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Garwood is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwood
    • Rathdrum
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Bayview
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Hauser
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Coeur d'Alene Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Hayden
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Hayden is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,713 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayden <1>
    • Hayden Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pend Oreille County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Newport
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Newport is located in Pend Oreille County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,266 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <1>
    • Camden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Camden is located in Pend Oreille County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
    • Dalkena
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Dalkena is located in Pend Oreille County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalkena
    • Usk
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cusick
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cusick is located in Pend Oreille County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cusick
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cusick <1>
  • Spokane County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Newman Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Elk
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Green Bluff
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Green Bluff is located in Spokane County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bluff
    • Peone
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Peone is located in Spokane County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peone
    • Grays Landing
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Grays Landing is located in Spokane County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Landing
    • Otis Orchards - East Farms
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Otis Orchards
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Chattaroy
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Colbert
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Liberty Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Buckeye
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Buckeye is located in Spokane County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
    • Greenacres
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Stevens County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Coleman, with the one closest to Coleman listed first.
    • Clavton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Clayton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Coleman ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Coleman.

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 Coleman - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Seneacquoteen Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Newport Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Rimrock Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Westmond Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Post Falls.
    • The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Post Falls Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80458 <3>
  • Drake Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Restlawn Memorial Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Milan Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (24 more) ...
    • Bestland Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Clara Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Chattaroy Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)

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 Coleman in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Coleman.

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

  • Ramsey
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Ramsey is located in Kootenai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
  • Athol
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Priest River
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Rathdrum
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Cocolalla
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Hauser
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Post Falls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Peone
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Peone is located in Spokane County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peone
  • Coeur d'Alene
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Chattaroy
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Buckeye
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Buckeye is located in Spokane County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
  • Sandpoint
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Mead
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Deer Park
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Kootenai
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Coleman ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Coleman.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Coleman, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Coleman.

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 either 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 Coleman:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coleman) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>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 Coleman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.