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Nearest Communities to Graham,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Graham, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Graham:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Graham.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Although our information shows that the community of Graham is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Boise County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Boise County: Ada, Custer, Elmore, Gem & Valley.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Graham. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Boise County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Graham (which is Boise County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Graham

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Boise County   (where Graham resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.boisecounty.us/
    • County Seat for Boise:   Idaho City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Graham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Graham.
      • Banner
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Banner is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
      • Bear Creek Summer Home Area
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Camp Creek Summer Home Area
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Long Creek Summit Home
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Lowman
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Tenmile Summer Home Area
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Washington Mill
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Washington Mill is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mill
      • Pioneerville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Pioneerville is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneerville
      • Twin Springs
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Twin Springs is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
      • Grimes Pass
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Grimes Pass is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes Pass
      • Idaho City
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Centerville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Centerville is located in Boise County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Blaine County
  • Custer County
    • County Website:   https://custercountyidaho.org/
    • County Seat for Custer:   Challis
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Graham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Graham.
      • Grandjean
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Grandjean is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandjean
      • Obsidian
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Obsidian is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obsidian
      • Stanley
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Lower Stanley
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Lower Stanley is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Stanley
      • Cape Horn ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Cape Horn is located in Custer County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cape Horn
  • Elmore County
    • County Website:   https://elmorecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Elmore:   Mountain Home
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Graham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Graham.
      • Alturas City ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Alturas City is located in Elmore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alturas City
      • Atlanta
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Spanish Town ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Spanish Town is located in Elmore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Town
      • Rocky Bar ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Rocky Bar is located in Elmore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bar
      • Featherville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Featherville is located in Elmore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherville
      • Paradise Hot Springs
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Paradise Hot Springs is located in Elmore County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hot Springs

Footnotes ...

<1>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 from Point A (ie- Graham) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 Graham, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.