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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 Givens Hot Springs (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 Givens Hot Springs. 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 Givens Hot Springs ...

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.

  • A typical abbreviation for Givens Hot Springs: Givens Hot Spgs. (or less commonly used: Givens Hot Spngs. or Givens Hot Sprngs.)
  • While the name of this community is Givens Hot Springs, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Givens Hot Springs may originally have been Given's Hot Springs.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Givens Hot Springs might be written as Given Hot Springs.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Givens Hot Springs is located in 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 Givens Hot Springs. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Givens Hot Springs:

  • Owyhee County     (The home county of Givens Hot Springs)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Givens Hot Springs, with the one closest to Givens Hot Springs listed first.
    • Marsing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Murphy
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
      • Murphy is located in Owyhee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murphy <2>
    • Homedale
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homedale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
    • Silver City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • De Lamar ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lamar
      • De Lamar is located in Owyhee County
    • Empire City ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Empire City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
      • Empire City is located in Owyhee County
    • Oreana
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreana
      • Oreana is located in Owyhee County
  • Ada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Givens Hot Springs, with the one closest to Givens Hot Springs listed first.
    • Kuna
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Meridian
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Swan Falls
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Falls
      • Swan Falls is located in Ada County
    • Star
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
    • Boise Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Junction
      • Boise Junction is located in Ada County
    • Eagle
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Garden City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
      • Garden City is located in Ada County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,920 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden City <2>
    • Boise City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise City
      • Boise City is located in Ada County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 229,776 people
      • Former name for Boise City:
      • Boise City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boise City <2>
    • Collister
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collister
      • Collister is located in Ada County
    • Boise Hills Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boise Hills Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Hills Village
      • Boise Hills Village is located in Ada County
  • Canyon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Givens Hot Springs, with the one closest to Givens Hot Springs listed first.
    • Riverside
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Riverside is located in Canyon County
    • Walters Ferry
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters Ferry
      • Walters Ferry is located in Canyon County
    • Bowmont
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmont
      • Bowmont is located in Canyon County
    • Melba
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melba have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melba
      • Melba is located in Canyon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melba <2>
    • Kings Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Corner
      • Kings Corner is located in Canyon County
    • Huston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
    • Nampa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 <2>
    • Caldwell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Weitz
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weitz
      • Weitz is located in Canyon County
    • Greenleaf
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Middleton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Wilder
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Notus
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
  • Gem County
    • Bramwell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramwell
      • Bramwell is located in Gem County
  • Malheur County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Givens Hot Springs, with the one closest to Givens Hot Springs listed first.
    • Adrian
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adrian have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
    • Owyhee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owyhee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
      • Owyhee is located in Malheur County (OR)

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

Newspapers Published in Givens Hot Springs ...

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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Givens Hot Springs.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Givens Hot Springs, 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 Givens Hot Springs.

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 Givens Hot Springs:

Cemeteries Near Givens Hot Springs ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Givens Hot Springs.

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 Givens Hot Springs covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Wilson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
  • Peaceful Valley Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Peaceful Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the west of Marsing.
    • The Peaceful Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Knowlton Heights Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peaceful Valley Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2153586 <5>
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Marsing - Homedale Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marsing - Homedale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marsing - Homedale Cemetery
  • Kohlerlawn Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Reynolds Creek Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Kuna Pioneer Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Kuna Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
  • Greenleaf Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Rockville Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rockville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockville Cemetery
  • Continue List   (26 more) ...
    • Canyon Hill Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Wilder Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • 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>
    • Lower Fairview Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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.<6>

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

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

  • Nampa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • 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 <2>
  • Rockville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Rockville is located in Owyhee County
  • Reynolds
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynolds have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
    • Reynolds is located in Owyhee County
  • Kuna
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Caldwell
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Mora
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mora have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
    • Mora is located in Ada County
  • Middleton
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Notus
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
  • Star
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
  • Sinker ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sinker have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinker
    • Sinker is located in Owyhee County
  • Owyhee
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owyhee have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
    • Owyhee is located in Ada County
  • Sheaville
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sheaville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheaville
    • Sheaville is located in Malheur County (OR)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Silver City
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Parma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <2>
    • De Lamar ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lamar
      • De Lamar is located in Owyhee County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Givens Hot Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

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

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 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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Givens Hot Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Givens Hot Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4221, Longitude: -116.7149       In this case, the coordinates for Givens Hot Springs 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.
<6>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 Givens Hot Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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