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 Grouse (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 Grouse. 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 doctors 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.
Grouse is primarily located in Custer County. A portion of Grouse extends into Butte 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 Custer County: Blaine, Boise, Butte, Elmore, Lemhi & Valley.
Below are the counties that are near Grouse. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Grouse:
- Custer County (The home county of Grouse)
- The following are listed by their distance from Grouse, with the one closest to Grouse listed first.
- Lost River
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Lost River is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
- Population from the 2010 Census: 68 people
- Alder City ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Alder City is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder City
- Mackay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Blaine County
- Carey
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Butte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Grouse, with the one closest to Grouse listed first.
- Lost River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lost River is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
- Moore
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Arco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Butte City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Butte City is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Grouse, see our County-by-County Page for Grouse.
Cemeteries Near Grouse ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Grouse.
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 Grouse - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Grouse covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Grouse, with the one closest to Grouse listed first.
- Antelope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Upper Antelope Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lost River Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Darlington Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Darlington Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Houston Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Pioneer Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pioneer Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northeast of Moore.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2150015 <3>
- Mt. McCaleb Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hillcrest Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Battleground Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Barton Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Carey Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chilly Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- William Robert Johnson Gravesite
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
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>
While we didn't find Grouse in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Grouse.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Grouse, with the one closest to Grouse listed first.
- Antelope ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Antelope is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
- Era
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Era is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Era
- Martin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Martin is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Lost River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lost River is located in Butte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
- Houston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Houston is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Leslie
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Leslie is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Arco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Grouse. See our List of 1890's Communities around Grouse.
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 Grouse:
- Websites specific to Idaho
- Pages specific to Custer County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blaine County
- Butte County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Idaho
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> | 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- Grouse) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Grouse, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |