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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 Horseshoe Bend (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 Horseshoe Bend. 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 Horseshoe Bend ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Horseshoe Bend: Horseshoe Bnd.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Horseshoe Bend. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Horseshoe Bend.

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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Horseshoe Bend is located in Boise 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 Boise County: Ada, Custer, Elmore, Gem & Valley.

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

  • Boise County     (The home county of Horseshoe Bend)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horseshoe Bend, with the one closest to Horseshoe Bend listed first.
    • Brownlee
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Brownlee is located in Boise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
    • Quartzburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Quartzburg is located in Boise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzburg
    • Placerville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Banks
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Garden Valley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Idaho City
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Crouch
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Crouch is located in Boise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
    • Grimes Pass
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Grimes Pass is located in Boise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes Pass
    • Lowman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horseshoe Bend, with the one closest to Horseshoe Bend listed first.
    • Eagle
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Collister
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Collister is located in Ada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collister
    • Garden City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Boise Hills Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Boise Hills Village is located in Ada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Hills Village
    • Boise
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • 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 <1>
    • Star
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Boise Junction
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Boise Junction is located in Ada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Junction
    • Meridian
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Kuna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Canyon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horseshoe Bend, with the one closest to Horseshoe Bend listed first.
    • Middleton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Sand Hollow
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Sand Hollow is located in Canyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hollow
    • Caldwell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Nampa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Nampa is located in Canyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nampa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,215 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nampa <1>
  • Gem County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Horseshoe Bend, with the one closest to Horseshoe Bend listed first.
    • Montour
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Montour is located in Gem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montour
    • Sweet
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Pearl
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Pearl is located in Gem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
    • Emmett
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Ola
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Bramwell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Bramwell is located in Gem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramwell
    • Letha
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Horseshoe Bend ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Horseshoe Bend.

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 Horseshoe Bend - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Pearl Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Brownlee Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Sweet Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Sweet-Montour Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Old Catholic Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Idaho State Veterans Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Dry Creek Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the north of Emmett.
    • The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Emmett Cemetery
    • Martinville Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80457 <2>
  • Garden Valley Pioneer Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ola Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (24 more) ...
    • Joplin Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Boot Hill Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Idaho City Pioneer Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Horseshoe Bend had a population of 63 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Horseshoe Bend had a population of 822 people.

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

  • Sweet
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Quartzburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Quartzburg is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzburg
  • Placerville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Pioneerville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Pioneerville is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneerville
  • Garden Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Idaho City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Ola
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Star
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Boise
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • 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 <1>
  • Middleton
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Caldwell
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Nampa
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Nampa is located in Canyon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nampa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,215 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nampa <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Horseshoe Bend ...

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 107 newspapers that have been published in the area around Horseshoe Bend.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Horseshoe Bend, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Horseshoe Bend.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Horseshoe Bend:

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>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.
<3>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 Horseshoe Bend, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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- Horseshoe Bend) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.