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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 Knowlton Heights (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 Knowlton Heights. 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 Knowlton Heights ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Knowlton Heights: Knowlton Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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 hospitals 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.

Knowlton Heights is located in Canyon County.

To see how the shape of Idaho's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Canyon County: Ada, Gem, Owyhee, Payette & Malheur (OR).

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

  • Canyon County     (The home county of Knowlton Heights)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knowlton Heights, with the one closest to Knowlton Heights listed first.
    • Riverside
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Riverside is located in Canyon County
    • Huston
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huston
      • Huston is located in Canyon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huston <2>
    • Weitz
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weitz
      • Weitz is located in Canyon County
    • Greenleaf
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Caldwell
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Nampa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nampa
      • Nampa is located in Canyon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,215 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nampa <2>
    • Wilder
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kings Corner
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Corner
      • Kings Corner is located in Canyon County
    • Notus
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notus
      • Notus is located in Canyon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Notus <2>
    • Middleton
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Bowmont
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowmont
      • Bowmont is located in Canyon County
    • Roswell
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
      • Roswell is located in Canyon County
    • Melba
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melba have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melba
      • Melba is located in Canyon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melba <2>
  • Ada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knowlton Heights, with the one closest to Knowlton Heights listed first.
    • Star
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
      • Star is located in Ada County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star <2>
    • Kuna
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Meridian
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Eagle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Garden City
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
      • Garden City is located in Ada County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,920 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden City <2>
    • Boise Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Junction
      • Boise Junction is located in Ada County
    • Collister
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collister
      • Collister is located in Ada County
    • Boise City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise City
      • Boise City is located in Ada County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 229,776 people
      • Former name for Boise City:
      • Boise City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boise City <2>
    • Swan Falls
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Falls
      • Swan Falls is located in Ada County
    • Boise Hills Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boise Hills Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Hills Village
      • Boise Hills Village is located in Ada County
  • Gem County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knowlton Heights, with the one closest to Knowlton Heights listed first.
    • Bramwell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramwell
      • Bramwell is located in Gem County
    • Letha
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Letha have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letha
      • Letha is located in Gem County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Letha <2>
    • Emmett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Owyhee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knowlton Heights, with the one closest to Knowlton Heights listed first.
    • Marsing
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Homedale
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homedale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homedale
      • Homedale is located in Owyhee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,830 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homedale <2>
    • Murphy
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Murphy have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy
      • Murphy is located in Owyhee County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murphy <2>
  • Payette County
    • New Plymouth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Plymouth
      • New Plymouth is located in Payette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,609 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Plymouth <2>
  • Malheur County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Knowlton Heights, with the one closest to Knowlton Heights listed first.
    • Adrian
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adrian have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
      • Adrian is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adrian <2>
    • Owyhee
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Owyhee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
      • Owyhee is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Nyssa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nyssa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa
      • Nyssa is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,231 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyssa <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Knowlton Heights ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Knowlton Heights.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Peaceful Valley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peaceful Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Peaceful Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the west of Marsing.
    • The Peaceful Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Knowlton Heights Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2153586 <5>
  • Marsing - Homedale Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marsing - Homedale Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marsing - Homedale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Greenleaf Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenleaf Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenleaf Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Greenleaf.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1405947 <5>
  • Kohlerlawn Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Fargo Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fargo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fargo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Canyon Hill Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilder Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilder Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilder Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wilder.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80679 <5>
  • Middleton Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilson Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wilson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (29 more) ...

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.<6>

While we didn't find Knowlton Heights in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Knowlton Heights.

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

  • Caldwell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Nampa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nampa
    • Nampa is located in Canyon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,215 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nampa <2>
  • Notus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notus
    • Notus is located in Canyon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Notus <2>
  • Middleton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Star
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
    • Star is located in Ada County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,259 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star <2>
  • Rockville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Rockville is located in Owyhee County
  • Kuna
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Parma
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parma have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
    • Parma is located in Canyon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,129 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <2>
  • Mora
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mora have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
    • Mora is located in Ada County
  • Owyhee
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Owyhee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
    • Owyhee is located in Malheur County (OR)
  • Reynolds
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reynolds have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynolds
    • Reynolds is located in Owyhee County
  • Nyssa
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nyssa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa
    • Nyssa is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,231 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyssa <2>
  • Boise City
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise City
    • Boise City is located in Ada County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 229,776 people
    • Former name for Boise City:
    • Boise City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boise City <2>
  • Owyhee
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owyhee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
    • Owyhee is located in Ada County

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

Newspapers Published in Knowlton Heights ...

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 Knowlton Heights.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Knowlton Heights, 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 Knowlton Heights.

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 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 Knowlton Heights:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Knowlton Heights. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Canyon County: www.canyoncounty.org/

The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>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- Knowlton Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Knowlton Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.5452, Longitude: -116.7729       In this case, the coordinates for Knowlton Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Knowlton Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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