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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 Grangeville (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 Grangeville. 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 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.

Grangeville is located in Idaho County and is the County Seat.

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 Idaho County: Adams, Clearwater, Lemhi, Lewis, Nez Perce, Valley, Missoula (MT), Ravalli (MT) & Wallowa (OR).

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

  • Idaho County     (The home county of Grangeville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grangeville, with the one closest to Grangeville listed first.
    • Mount Idaho
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Idaho. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Idaho
      • Mount Idaho is located in Idaho County
    • Fenn
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fenn have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenn
      • Fenn is located in Idaho County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fenn <3>
    • Stites
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stites have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stites
      • Stites is located in Idaho County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stites <3>
    • Cottonwood
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Greencreek
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greencreek have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencreek
      • Greencreek is located in Idaho County
    • White Bird
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Shells Lick
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Shells Lick. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shells Lick
      • Shells Lick is located in Idaho County
    • Copperville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperville
      • Copperville is located in Idaho County
    • Kooskia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kooskia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kooskia
      • Kooskia is located in Idaho County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 677 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kooskia <3>
    • Keuterville
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Cedar
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cedar
      • Big Cedar is located in Idaho County
    • Boles
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
      • Boles is located in Idaho County
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Grangeville, with the one closest to Grangeville listed first.
    • Nezperce
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nezperce have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nezperce
      • Nezperce is located in Lewis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nezperce <3>
    • Craigmont
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craigmont have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigmont
      • Craigmont is located in Lewis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Craigmont <3>

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

Cemeteries Near Grangeville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grangeville.

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

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

  • Prairie View Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Mt. Idaho Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Denver Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Denver Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Denver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Clearwater Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clearwater Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clearwater Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stites Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stites Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stites Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Zion Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Zion Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Zion Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Canfield Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canfield Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canfield Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Anthony Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Anthony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Battle Ridge Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Battle Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Battle Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Stites Indian Church Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Winona Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Winona Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Winona Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (22 more) ...
    • Cottonwood Catholic Community Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cottonwood Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cottonwood Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cottonwood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Cottonwood Community Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)

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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Grangeville had a population of 540 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Grangeville had a population of 3,261 people.

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

  • Mount Idaho
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Idaho. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Idaho
    • Mount Idaho is located in Idaho County
  • Clearwater
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clearwater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
    • Clearwater is located in Idaho County
  • White Bird
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cottonwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Kooskia
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kooskia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kooskia
    • Kooskia is located in Idaho County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 677 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kooskia <3>
  • Glenwood
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenwood have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
    • Glenwood is located in Idaho County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Grangeville ...

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 Grangeville.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Grangeville. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Grangeville and those printed in the larger area surrounding Grangeville.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<6> of Grangeville.

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 helpful 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 Grangeville:

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

The official website for Idaho County: www.idahocounty.org/

The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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>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.
<5>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 Grangeville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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 from Point A (ie- Grangeville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Grangeville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.9259, Longitude: -116.1213       In this case, the coordinates for Grangeville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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