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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 Evans Landing (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 Evans Landing. 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 Evans Landing ...

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 occur.

  • A typical abbreviation for Evans Landing: Evans Lndg. (or less commonly used: Evans Lndng.)
  • While the name of this community is Evans Landing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Evans Landing may originally have been Evan's Landing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Evans Landing might be written as Evan Landing.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Evans Landing. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Evans Landing.

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 southeast 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 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.

Evans Landing 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 Evans Landing. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Evans Landing:

  • Bonner County     (The home county of Evans Landing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Evans Landing, with the one closest to Evans Landing listed first.
    • Cocolalla
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Westmond
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Westmond is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmond
    • Cedar Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Creek is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
    • Careywood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Dufort
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dufort is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dufort
    • Algoma
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Algoma is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
    • Sagle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Lakeview
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Lakeview is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Laclede
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Dover
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Sandpoint
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Wrencoe
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Wrencoe is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
    • East Hope
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • East Hope is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hope
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
  • Kootenai County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Evans Landing, with the one closest to Evans Landing listed first.
    • Bayview
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Athol
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Belmont
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Belmont is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Spirit Lake
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Echo Beach
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Echo Beach is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Beach
    • Garwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Garwood is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwood
    • Sturgeon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Sturgeon is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon
    • Hayden Lake
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Hayden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • 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 <2>
    • Rathdrum
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Dalton Gardens
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Coeur d'Alene Junction
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Coeur d'Alene
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Sanders County (MT)
  • Pend Oreille County (WA)
    • Newport
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • 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 <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Evans Landing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Evans Landing.

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 Evans Landing - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Drake Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Clara Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Westmond Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Seneacquoteen Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lakeview Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Sandpoint.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80533 <3>
  • Pinecrest Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Pinecrest Memorial Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Hope Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Old Hope Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Clark Fork Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Rimrock Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pack River Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pack River Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pack River Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<4> to the northeast of Sandpoint.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80594 <3>
    • Pine Grove Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Cocolalla
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Athol
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sandpoint
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Kootenai
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Priest River
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Ramsey
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Ramsey is located in Kootenai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
  • Rathdrum
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Heron
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Coeur d'Alene
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Evans Landing ...

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 37 newspapers that have been published in the area around Evans Landing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Evans Landing, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Evans Landing.

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 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 Evans Landing:

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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>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- Evans Landing) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Evans Landing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.