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Introduction ...

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

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

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 Fort Boise (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 Fort Boise. 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 Fort Boise ...

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 Fort Boise: Ft. Boise

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 hospitals 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Fort Boise is historic, it would have been located within present day Canyon 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 Canyon County: Ada, Gem, Owyhee, Payette & Malheur (OR).

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

  • Canyon County     (The home county of Fort Boise)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Boise, with the one closest to Fort Boise listed first.
    • Apple Valley
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
      • Apple Valley is located in Canyon County
    • Parma
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
      • Parma is located in Canyon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,129 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <3>
    • Roswell
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
      • Roswell is located in Canyon County
    • Wilder
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Notus
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notus
      • Notus is located in Canyon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Notus <3>
    • Sand Hollow
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hollow
      • Sand Hollow is located in Canyon County
    • Greenleaf
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Weitz
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weitz
      • Weitz is located in Canyon County
    • Huston
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huston
      • Huston is located in Canyon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huston <3>
    • Caldwell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Middleton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Riverside
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Riverside is located in Canyon County
    • Nampa
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nampa
      • Nampa is located in Canyon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,215 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nampa <3>
  • Ada County
    • Star
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
      • Star is located in Ada County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star <3>
  • Gem County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Boise, with the one closest to Fort Boise listed first.
    • Letha
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Letha have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letha
      • Letha is located in Gem County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Letha <3>
    • Bramwell
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramwell
      • Bramwell is located in Gem County
    • Emmett
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Owyhee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Boise, with the one closest to Fort Boise listed first.
    • Homedale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homedale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homedale
      • Homedale is located in Owyhee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,830 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homedale <3>
    • Marsing
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Payette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Boise, with the one closest to Fort Boise listed first.
    • Buckingham
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
      • Buckingham is located in Payette County
    • Fruitland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
      • Fruitland is located in Payette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,568 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitland <3>
    • New Plymouth
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Plymouth
      • New Plymouth is located in Payette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,609 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Plymouth <3>
    • Washoe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe
      • Washoe is located in Payette County
    • Payette
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Washington County
    • Weiser
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiser
      • Weiser is located in Washington County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,463 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weiser <3>
  • Malheur County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fort Boise, with the one closest to Fort Boise listed first.
    • Nyssa
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nyssa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa
      • Nyssa is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,231 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyssa <3>
    • Owyhee
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owyhee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
      • Owyhee is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Adrian
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adrian have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
      • Adrian is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adrian <3>
    • Ontario
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ontario have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
      • Ontario is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,140 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ontario <3>
    • Vale
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
      • Vale is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,806 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vale <3>
    • Harper
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Fort Boise ...

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 70 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Boise.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fort Boise, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Fort Boise.

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 Fort Boise:

Cemeteries Near Fort Boise ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fort Boise.

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

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

  • Owyhee Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Owyhee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Owyhee Cemetery
  • Parma Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Nyssa Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nyssa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nyssa Cemetery
  • Roswell Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lower Boise Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Wilder Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilder Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wilder.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilder Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80679 <5>
  • Fargo Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fargo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fargo Cemetery
  • Parkview Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Parkview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Parkview Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • St. Johns Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns Cemetery
  • Greenleaf Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Kennedy Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kennedy Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kennedy Cemetery
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Falk Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Falk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Falk Cemetery
    • Washoe Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Washoe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Washoe Cemetery
    • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Ridge 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.

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

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

  • Owyhee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owyhee have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
    • Owyhee is located in Malheur County (OR)
  • Nyssa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nyssa have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa
    • Nyssa is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,231 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyssa <3>
  • Parma
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
    • Parma is located in Canyon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,129 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <3>
  • Notus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notus
    • Notus is located in Canyon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Notus <3>
  • Ontario
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ontario have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
    • Ontario is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,140 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ontario <3>
  • Vale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
    • Vale is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,806 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vale <3>
  • Payette
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Caldwell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Middleton
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Star
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
    • Star is located in Ada County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,259 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star <3>
  • Nampa
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nampa
    • Nampa is located in Canyon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,215 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nampa <3>
  • Weiser
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weiser
    • Weiser is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,463 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weiser <3>

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

The official website for Canyon County: www.canyoncounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Fort Boise, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Fort Boise) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Boise. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8291, Longitude: -117.0132       In this case, the coordinates for Fort Boise have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.




 

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