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 Connor (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 Connor. 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.
Connor is located in Cassia 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 Cassia County: Blaine, Jerome, Minidoka, Oneida, Power, Twin Falls, Elko (NV) & Box Elder (UT).
Below are the counties that are near Connor. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Connor:
- Cassia County (The home county of Connor)
- The following are listed by their distance from Connor, with the one closest to Connor listed first.
- Elba
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Malta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Albion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bridge is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge
- Almo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Basin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Basin is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
- Declo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sublett
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sublett is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett
- Oakley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Standrod
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Standrod is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standrod
- Marion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Marion is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Pella
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pella is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
- Naf
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Naf is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naf
- Minidoka County
- The following are listed by their distance from Connor, with the one closest to Connor listed first.
- Amalga
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Amalga is located in Minidoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amalga
- Heyburn
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Rupert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Paul
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Acequia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Acequia is located in Minidoka County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acequia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
- Box Elder County (UT)
- The following are listed by their distance from Connor, with the one closest to Connor listed first.
- Standrod
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Standrod is located in Box Elder County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standrod
- Yost
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Yost is located in Box Elder County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
- Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Creek is located in Box Elder County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Vipont ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Vipont is located in Box Elder County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vipont
- Lynn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn is located in Box Elder County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Connor, see our County-by-County Page for Connor.
Cemeteries Near Connor ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Connor.
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 Connor - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Connor covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Connor, with the one closest to Connor listed first.
- Elba Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Malta Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Albion Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sunny Cedar Rest Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Olson Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- View Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Basin Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Basin Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Oakley.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80404 <2>
- Declo Cemetery
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Standrod Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Yost Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Marion Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Marion Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Oakley.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80551 <2>
- Riverside Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Heyburn.
- The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Heyburn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1845218 <2>
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 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 Connor in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Connor.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Connor, with the one closest to Connor listed first.
- Conant
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Conant is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
- Elba
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Malta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Albion
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bridge is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge
- Almo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Basin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Basin is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
- Sublett
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sublett is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett
- Oakley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Standrod
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Standrod is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standrod
- Marion
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Marion is located in Cassia County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
- Yost
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Yost is located in Box Elder County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Connor. See our List of 1890's Communities around Connor.
Newspapers Published in Connor ...
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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Connor.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Connor, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Connor.
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 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 Connor:
- Websites specific to Idaho
- Pages specific to Cassia County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Minidoka County
- Box Elder 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 from Point A (ie- Connor) 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 Connor, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |