Nearest Communities to Granite,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Granite, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Granite:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.
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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the north 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 Granite.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Granite is located in 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 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Granite. Of these communities, 29 are located in counties other than Boise County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Granite (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 Granite
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Boise County (where Granite resides)
- County Website: https://www.boisecounty.us/
- County Seat for Boise: Idaho City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Granite ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Granite.
- Placerville
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Quartzburg
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Quartzburg is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzburg
- Star Ranch Summer Home Area
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Centerville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- New Centerville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- New Centerville is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Centerville
- Pioneerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pioneerville is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneerville
- Grimes Pass
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grimes Pass is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes Pass
- Washington Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Washington Mill is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mill
- Garden Valley
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Idaho City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gardena
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Gardena is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardena
- Horseshoe Bend
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Tenmile Summer Home Area
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Crouch
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Crouch is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
- Banks
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Brownlee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brownlee is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
- Howell ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Howell is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Lowman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Big Eddy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Big Eddy is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy
- Banner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Banner is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
- Twin Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Springs is located in Boise County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
- Long Creek Summit Home
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Ada County
- County Website: https://adacounty.id.gov/
- County Seat for Ada: Boise
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Granite ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Granite.
- Collister
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Collister is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collister
- Highlands
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Highlands is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highlands
- Boise Hills Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boise Hills Village is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Hills Village
- Garden City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Boise
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Boise is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229,776 people
- Former name for Boise:
- Boise City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boise <3>
- Eagle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Barber
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Barber is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber
- Vernon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vernon is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon
- South Boise ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- South Boise is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Boise
- Boise Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Boise Junction is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Junction
- Perkins
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Perkins is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Ustick
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ustick is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ustick
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Hillcrest
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Hillcrest is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Cloverdale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cloverdale is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverdale
- Beatty
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Beatty is located in Ada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty
- Meridian
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gem County
- County Website: https://www.gemcounty.org/
- County Seat for Gem: Emmett
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Granite ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Granite.
- Montour
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Montour is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montour
- Sweet
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Marsh ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Marsh is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh
- Pearl
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pearl is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
- Ola
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Aikman ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Aikman is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aikman
- Black Canyon
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Black Canyon is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Canyon
- Plaza
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Plaza is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaza
- Emmett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Del Monte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Del Monte is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Monte
- Gross
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gross is located in Gem County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
- Valley County
- County Website: https://www.co.valley.id.us/
- County Seat for Valley: Cascade
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Granite ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Granite.
- High Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- High Valley is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Valley
- Smiths Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Smiths Ferry is located in Valley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smiths Ferry
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Granite) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |