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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 De Veny Place (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 De Veny Place. 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.

Name Variations for De Veny Place ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for De Veny Place: De Veny Pl. (or less commonly used: De Veny Plc.)

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

De Veny Place is located in Idaho 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 Idaho County: Adams, Clearwater, Lemhi, Lewis, Nez Perce, Valley, Missoula (MT), Ravalli (MT) & Wallowa (OR).

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

  • Idaho County     (The home county of De Veny Place)
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Veny Place, with the one closest to De Veny Place listed first.
    • Pollock
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Riggins
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lucile
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucile have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucile
      • Lucile is located in Idaho County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lucile <1>
    • Burgdorf
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Copperville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperville
      • Copperville is located in Idaho County
    • Shells Lick
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shells Lick have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shells Lick
      • Shells Lick is located in Idaho County
    • White Bird
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Adams County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Veny Place, with the one closest to De Veny Place listed first.
    • Rubicon
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
      • Rubicon is located in Adams County
    • New Meadows
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Meadows
      • New Meadows is located in Adams County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Meadows <1>
    • Tamarack
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Meadows
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
      • Meadows is located in Adams County
  • Wallowa County (OR)
    • Imnaha
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)

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

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 De Veny Place:

Cemeteries Near De Veny Place ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of De Veny Place.

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 De Veny Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • North Riggins Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Riggins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Riggins Cemetery
  • Riggins Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Florence Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Florence Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Florence Cemetery
  • Slate Creek Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Park Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
  • Imnaha Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Imnaha Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Imnaha Cemetery
  • Bear Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Meadows Valley Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • White Bird Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the White Bird Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of White Bird.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Bird 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.<4>

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

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

  • Imnaha
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadows
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
    • Meadows is located in Adams County
  • White Bird
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

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

The official website for Idaho County: www.idahocounty.org/

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/

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 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.
<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 De Veny Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024