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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Glendale (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 Glendale. 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 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.

Glendale is located in Franklin 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 Franklin County: Bannock, Bear Lake, Caribou, Oneida & Cache (UT).

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

  • Franklin County     (The home county of Glendale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
    • Cherryville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Cherryville is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryville
    • Whitney
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Whitney is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitney
    • Franklin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Preston
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Dayton
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Weston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Clifton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Utida
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Utida is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utida
    • Oxford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Oxford is located in Franklin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
    • Thatcher
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Bannock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
    • Swanlake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Downey
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bear Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
    • Bloomington
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Saint Charles
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Paris
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Paris is located in Bear Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <1>
    • Fish Haven
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Ovid
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Ovid is located in Bear Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
    • Bern
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Dingle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Wardboro
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Wardboro is located in Bear Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardboro
    • Montpelier
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Bennington
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bennington is located in Bear Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
    • Georgetown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Novene
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Novene is located in Bear Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novene
  • Caribou County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
    • Bench
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Bench is located in Caribou County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bench
    • Grace
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Oneida County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
    • Cherry Creek
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Cherry Creek is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
    • Woodruff
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Woodruff is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
    • Malad City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Saint Johns
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Saint Johns is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
  • Box Elder County (UT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
    • Portage Old Fort ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Portage Old Fort is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Old Fort
    • Wheelon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Wheelon is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelon
    • Beaverdam
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Beaverdam is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdam
    • Fort Malad ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Malad is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Malad
    • Plymouth
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Plymouth is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <1>
    • Washakie
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Washakie is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washakie
    • Portage
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Portage is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
    • Fielding
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Fielding is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fielding
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 482 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fielding <1>
  • Cache County (UT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
    • Cove
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Cove is located in Cache County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
    • Lewiston
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Lewiston is located in Cache County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
      • Former names for Lewiston:
      • Cub Hill
      • Poverty Flat
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewiston <1>
    • Richmond
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Cornish
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Utida
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Utida is located in Cache County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utida
    • White Horse Village
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • White Horse Village is located in Cache County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Horse Village
    • Morton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Morton is located in Cache County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morton
    • Trenton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Smithfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Amalga
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Amalga is located in Cache County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amalga
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 577 people
    • Brachipad
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Brachipad is located in Cache County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brachipad
      • Brachipad has also been known as:
      • Brachipad Summer Home Area
    • Clarkston
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hyde Park
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Rich County (UT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Glendale, with the one closest to Glendale listed first.
    • Garden City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pickelville ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Pickelville is located in Rich County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickelville
    • Garden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Garden is located in Rich County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden
    • Meadowville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Meadowville is located in Rich County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
    • Laketown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Round Valley ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Round Valley is located in Rich County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Valley

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

Cemeteries Near Glendale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Glendale.

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

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

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

  • Whitney Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Preston Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Franklin Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewiston City Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Miller - Pollock Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Treasureton Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Richmond City Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Dayton Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Dayton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Dayton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #424188 <2>
  • St. Charles Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Bloomington Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Cleveland Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (43 more) ...

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.<3>

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

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

  • Preston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Franklin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cove
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cove is located in Cache County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
  • Lewiston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Lewiston is located in Cache County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
    • Former names for Lewiston:
    • Cub Hill
    • Poverty Flat
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewiston <1>
  • Anderson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Anderson is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
  • Richmond
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Bloomington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Saint Charles
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Paris
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Paris is located in Bear Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 517 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <1>
  • Fish Haven
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Liberty
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Liberty is located in Bear Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Trenton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Ovid
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Ovid is located in Bear Lake County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
    • Swanlake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Garden City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Glendale ...

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 Glendale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Glendale, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Glendale.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Glendale:

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>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 Glendale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Glendale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.