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 Grand View (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 Grand View. 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 Grand View ...

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 Grand View: Grand Vw.

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.

Grand View 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 Grand View. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grand View:

• Owyhee County     (The home county of Grand View)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Grand View, with the one closest to Grand View listed first.
  • Bruneau
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruneau
    • Bruneau is located in Owyhee County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bruneau <1>
  • Oreana
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreana
    • Oreana is located in Owyhee County
  • Murphy
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
  • Buncel Place ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncel Place
    • Buncel Place is located in Owyhee County
• Ada County
  • Swan Falls
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Falls
    • Swan Falls is located in Ada County
• Elmore County
  • Mountain Home
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Home have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
    • Mountain Home is located in Elmore County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,526 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Home <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Grand View ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Grand View.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Grand View, 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 Grand View.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Grand View:

• Websites specific to Idaho
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //history.idaho.gov/idaho-state-archives

• Pages specific to Owyhee County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Ada County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Elmore County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Idaho
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Cemeteries of Owyhee County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Cemeteries of Owyhee County

Cemeteries Near Grand View ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grand View.

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 Grand View covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

• Stone Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stone Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stone Cemetery
• Knighton Farm Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knighton Farm Cemetery
• O X Cemetery
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the O X Cemetery
• Jacob Reuben Graves
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jacob Reuben Graves have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jacob Reuben Graves
• Hot Springs Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hot Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hot Springs Cemetery
• Mountain View Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View 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.<4>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Grand View had a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Grand View had a population of 478 people.

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

• Oreana
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreana
  • Oreana is located in Owyhee County
• Cleft
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleft have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleft
  • Cleft is located in Elmore County
• Mountain Home
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Home have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
  • Mountain Home is located in Elmore County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,526 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Home <1>
• Sinker ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sinker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinker
  • Sinker is located in Owyhee County
• Reverse
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reverse have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reverse
  • Reverse is located in Elmore County

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grand View. 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/