Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Cottonwood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cottonwood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cottonwood, please Contact Us.

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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 Cottonwood (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 Cottonwood. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Cottonwood is historic, it would have been located within present day Owyhee 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 Owyhee County: Ada, Canyon, Elmore, Twin Falls, Elko (NV), Humboldt (NV) & Malheur (OR).

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

• Owyhee County     (The home county of Cottonwood)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Cottonwood, with the one closest to Cottonwood listed first.
  • Wickahoney ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wickahoney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickahoney
    • Wickahoney is located in Owyhee County
  • Buncel Place ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncel Place
    • Buncel Place is located in Owyhee County
  • Riddle
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Riddle. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riddle
    • Riddle is located in Owyhee County
  • Dickshooter
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickshooter
    • Dickshooter is located in Owyhee County
  • Bruneau
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruneau
    • Bruneau is located in Owyhee County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bruneau <3>

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

Cemeteries Near Cottonwood ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cottonwood.

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

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

• Stone Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • 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.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Hot Springs Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hot Springs Cemetery
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hot Springs Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<5> to the northwest of Bruneau.
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80509 <6>
• Knighton Farm Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knighton Farm Cemetery
• O X Cemetery
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the O X Cemetery
• Miller Creek Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miller Creek Cemetery
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miller Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
• Bruneau Cemetery
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • 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 <6>

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Cottonwood:

• Websites specific to Idaho
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //history.idaho.gov/idaho-state-archives

• Pages specific to Owyhee County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Idaho
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Cemeteries of Owyhee County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Cemeteries of Owyhee County

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Owyhee County: www.owyheecounty.net/

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