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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 Farnum (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 Farnum. 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 and hospitals 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.

Farnum is located in Fremont 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 Fremont County: Clark, Jefferson, Madison, Teton, Beaverhead (MT), Gallatin (MT), Madison (MT) & Teton (WY).

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

  • Fremont County     (The home county of Farnum)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farnum, with the one closest to Farnum listed first.
    • Drummond
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Drummond is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
    • Squirrel
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Squirrel is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel
    • Ashton
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Marysville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Marysville is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Warm River
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Warm River is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm River
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
    • Chester
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Newdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Saint Anthony
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Teton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Wilford is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilford
    • Parker
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Egin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Egin is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egin
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farnum, with the one closest to Farnum listed first.
    • Sugar City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Walker
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Walker is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Rexburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Edmonds
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Edmonds is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
    • Plano
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Plano is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
    • Archer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Archer is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
  • Teton County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Farnum, with the one closest to Farnum listed first.
    • Felt
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Tetonia
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Aline ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Aline is located in Teton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline
    • Driggs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Chapin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Chapin is located in Teton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
    • Fox Creek
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Fox Creek is located in Teton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
  • Teton County (WY)
    • Alta
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near Farnum ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Farnum.

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 Farnum - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Farnum Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Pineview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Squirrel Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Shults Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Chester Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Wilford Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Felt Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Teton - Newdale Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Haden Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Parker Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Parker Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Parker.
    • The Parker Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Parker Memorial Park
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #189538 <2>
  • Cache Clawson Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Sugar City Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar City Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sugar City Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the northeast of Rexburg.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80647 <2>
    • Rexburg Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexburg Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rexburg Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Rexburg.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80620 <2>
    • Bates Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Saint Anthony
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Teton
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Farnum. See our List of 1890's Communities around Farnum.

Newspapers Published in Farnum ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Farnum.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Farnum, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Farnum.

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 helpful 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 Farnum:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Farnum) 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 Farnum, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.