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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 Harvard (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 Harvard. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Harvard is located in Latah 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 Latah County: Benewah, Clearwater, Nez Perce, Shoshone & Whitman (WA).

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

  • Latah County     (The home county of Harvard)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harvard, with the one closest to Harvard listed first.
    • Princeton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Onaway
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Onaway is located in Latah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
    • Potlatch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Potlatch Junction
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Potlatch Junction is located in Latah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potlatch Junction
    • Freeze
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Freeze is located in Latah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeze
    • Deary
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Cora
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Cora is located in Latah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
    • Troy
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Howell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Howell is located in Latah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
    • Viola
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Bovill
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Moscow
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Lenville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Lenville is located in Latah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenville
  • Benewah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harvard, with the one closest to Harvard listed first.
    • Emida
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Emida is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emida
    • De Smet
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • De Smet is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Smet
    • Tensed
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Fernwood
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Santa
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Willard
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Willard is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
    • Saint Maries
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Parkline
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Parkline is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkline
    • Plummer
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Plummer is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
  • Clearwater County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harvard, with the one closest to Harvard listed first.
    • Elk River
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Teakean
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Teakean is located in Clearwater County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teakean
  • Nez Perce County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harvard, with the one closest to Harvard listed first.
    • Cameron
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Cameron is located in Nez Perce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
    • Cherrylane
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Cherrylane is located in Nez Perce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherrylane
    • Cavendish
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cavendish is located in Nez Perce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cavendish
    • Lenore
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Leon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Leon is located in Nez Perce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
  • Shoshone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harvard, with the one closest to Harvard listed first.
    • Emerald Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Emerald Creek is located in Shoshone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Creek
    • Clarkia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Whitman County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Harvard, with the one closest to Harvard listed first.
    • Grinnell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Grinnell is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinnell
    • Palouse
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Palouse is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palouse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,055 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palouse <1>
    • Farmington
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Garfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Eden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Eden is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Belmont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Seltice
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Seltice is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seltice
    • Elberton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Elberton is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberton
    • Pullman
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Pullman is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pullman
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,336 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pullman <1>
    • Staley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Staley is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staley
    • Albion
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Albion is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <1>
    • Glenwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Glenwood is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
    • Shawnee
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Shawnee is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee

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

Cemeteries Near Harvard ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Harvard.

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 Harvard - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Harvard covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Woodfell Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mendenhall Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Rock Creek Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Freeze Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeze Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Freeze Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the northwest of Potlatch.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1340132 <3>
  • Beulah Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Spencer Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Zion Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pine Crest Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Burnt Ridge Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Dry Creek Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Sanders Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (44 more) ...
    • Little Bear Ridge Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Bovill Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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 Harvard in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Harvard.

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

  • Howell
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Howell is located in Latah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
  • Viola
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Joel
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Joel is located in Latah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joel
  • Cornwall
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Cornwall is located in Latah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall
  • Palouse
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Palouse is located in Whitman County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palouse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,055 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palouse <1>
  • Moscow
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Fallon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Fallon is located in Whitman County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
  • Lenville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Lenville is located in Latah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenville
  • Farmington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Whelan
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Whelan is located in Whitman County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelan
  • Linden
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Linden is located in Latah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
  • Santa
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Garfield
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Kendrick
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Eden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Eden is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden

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

Newspapers Published in Harvard ...

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 83 newspapers that have been published in the area around Harvard.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Harvard, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Harvard.

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 websites either 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 Harvard:

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 '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- Harvard) 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 Harvard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.