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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 Indian Grove (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 Indian Grove. 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 Indian Grove ...

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 Indian Grove: Indian Grv.

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

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 southeast 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 south.

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 south 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.

Indian Grove is located in Cassia 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 Cassia County: Blaine, Jerome, Minidoka, Oneida, Power, Twin Falls, Elko (NV) & Box Elder (UT).

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

  • Cassia County     (The home county of Indian Grove)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Grove, with the one closest to Indian Grove listed first.
    • Almo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Basin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Basin is located in Cassia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
    • Oakley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Elba
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Marion
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Marion is located in Cassia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Standrod
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Standrod is located in Cassia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standrod
    • Bridge
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Bridge is located in Cassia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge
    • Albion
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Malta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Naf
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Naf is located in Cassia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naf
    • Pella
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Pella is located in Cassia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
    • Strevell ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Strevell is located in Cassia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strevell
    • Declo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Minidoka County
    • Heyburn
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Box Elder County (UT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Indian Grove, with the one closest to Indian Grove listed first.
    • Vipont ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Vipont is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vipont
    • Yost
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Yost is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
    • Lynn
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Lynn is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
    • Standrod
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Standrod is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standrod
    • Rosette
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosette is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosette
    • Park Valley
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Grouse Creek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Cemeteries Near Indian Grove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Indian Grove.

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 Indian Grove - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Sunny Cedar Rest Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Basin Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Basin Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the east of Oakley.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80404 <2>
  • Junction Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Yost Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Elba Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Marion Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Marion Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Oakley.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80551 <2>
  • Lynn Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Olson Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Standrod Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Albion Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • View Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Clear Creek Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Malta Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 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 Indian Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Indian Grove.

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

  • Almo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Basin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Basin is located in Cassia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
  • Oakley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Elba
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Yost
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Yost is located in Box Elder County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yost
  • Marion
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Marion is located in Cassia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Standrod
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Standrod is located in Cassia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standrod
  • Conant
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Conant is located in Cassia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
  • Bridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Bridge is located in Cassia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridge
  • Malta
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Albion
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Rosette
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rosette is located in Box Elder County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosette
  • Park Valley
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Grouse Creek
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Indian Grove ...

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 17 newspapers that have been published in the area around Indian Grove.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Indian Grove, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Indian Grove.

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 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 Indian Grove:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Indian Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Indian Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.