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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 Conda (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 Conda. 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 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.

Conda is located in Caribou 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 Caribou County: Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Franklin & Lincoln (WY).

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

  • Caribou County     (The home county of Conda)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conda, with the one closest to Conda listed first.
    • Soda Springs
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soda Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
      • Soda Springs is located in Caribou County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,003 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Soda Springs <2>
    • Grace
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grace have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
      • Grace is located in Caribou County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 942 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grace <2>
    • Bench
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bench
      • Bench is located in Caribou County
    • Bancroft
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bancroft have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
      • Bancroft is located in Caribou County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bancroft <2>
    • Wayan
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Chesterfield ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
      • Chesterfield is located in Caribou County
    • Freedom
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
      • Freedom is located in Caribou County
  • Bannock County
    • Lava Hot Springs
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lava Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava Hot Springs
      • Lava Hot Springs is located in Bannock County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lava Hot Springs <2>
  • Bear Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conda, with the one closest to Conda listed first.
    • Georgetown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Bennington
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
      • Bennington is located in Bear Lake County
    • Bern
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Montpelier
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bonneville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conda, with the one closest to Conda listed first.
    • Caribou City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caribou City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou City
      • Caribou City is located in Bonneville County
    • Keenan City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keenan City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keenan City
      • Keenan City is located in Bonneville County
  • Franklin County
    • Thatcher
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thatcher have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thatcher
      • Thatcher is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thatcher <2>
  • Lincoln County (WY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Conda, with the one closest to Conda listed first.
    • Auburn
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Fairview
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Thayne
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayne
      • Thayne is located in Lincoln County (WY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thayne <2>
    • Afton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
      • Afton is located in Lincoln County (WY)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,071 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Afton <2>
    • Grover
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Freedom
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Conda ...

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 8 newspapers that have been published in the area around Conda.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Conda, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Conda.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy 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 information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Conda:

Cemeteries Near Conda ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Conda.

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 Conda covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Grace Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grace Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grace Cemetery
  • Skinner Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Skinner Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Skinner Cemetery
  • Old Lund Pioneer Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Old Presbyterian Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Nounan Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nounan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nounan Cemetery
  • Lanes Grave Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lanes Grave Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lanes Grave Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80536 <4>
  • Chesterfield Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Lago Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Thatcher Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thatcher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thatcher Cemetery
  • Lava Hot Springs Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lava Hot Springs Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the north of Lava Hot Springs.
    • The Lava Hot Springs Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lava Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lava Hot Springs Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80537 <4>
  • Bennington Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Auburn Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Cleveland Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cleveland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cleveland Cemetery
    • Fairview Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Liberty Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Liberty Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Liberty Cemetery

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

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

  • Manson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manson have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
    • Manson is located in Bear Lake County
  • Novene
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Novene have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novene
    • Novene is located in Bear Lake County
  • Georgetown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Liberty
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Liberty is located in Bear Lake County

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

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

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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Conda) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Conda. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.7283, Longitude: -111.5324       In this case, the coordinates for Conda have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<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 Conda, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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