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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 Linfor (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 Linfor. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Linfor is located in Shoshone 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 Shoshone County: Benewah, Bonner, Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, Mineral (MT) & Sanders (MT).

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

  • Shoshone County     (The home county of Linfor)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linfor, with the one closest to Linfor listed first.
    • Kingston
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Pinehurst
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Smelterville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Sweeney
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Sweeney is located in Shoshone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeney
    • Kellogg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Wardner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Delta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Delta is located in Shoshone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Osburn
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Carbon Center
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Carbon Center is located in Shoshone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center
    • Silverton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Murray
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Wallace
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Benewah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linfor, with the one closest to Linfor listed first.
    • Saint Joe
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Saint Joe is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
    • Saint Maries
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Parkline
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Parkline is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkline
    • Chatcolet
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Chatcolet is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatcolet
  • Bonner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linfor, with the one closest to Linfor listed first.
    • Lakeview
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Lakeview is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Cedar Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Cedar Creek is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
  • Kootenai County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Linfor, with the one closest to Linfor listed first.
    • Cataldo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Canyon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Canyon is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
    • Rose Lake
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Rose Lake is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lake
    • Lane
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lane is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
    • Medimont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Fernan Lake Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Fernan Lake Village is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernan Lake Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
    • Hayden Lake
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Coeur d'Alene
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Dalton Gardens
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Harrison
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hayden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Hayden is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,713 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayden <1>
    • Belmont
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Belmont is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont

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

Cemeteries Near Linfor ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Linfor.

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

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

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

  • Hunt Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Shoshone Memorial Gardens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Old Mission Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Rose Lake Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Lane Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Miners Union Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • United Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Murray Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Medimont Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Thomas Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Bestland Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Forest Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Coeur d'Alene.
      • The Forest Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Ft. Sherman Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80471 <2>
    • Riverview Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)

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>

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

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

  • Enaville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Enaville is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enaville
  • Kingston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Cataldo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Kellogg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Wardner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Osburn
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Delta
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Delta is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Eagle
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Eagle is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
  • Lane
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Lane is located in Kootenai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
  • Wallace
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Murray
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Frisco
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Frisco is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Burke ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Burke is located in Shoshone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
    • Mullan
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Maries
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Linfor ...

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 60 newspapers that have been published in the area around Linfor.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Linfor, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Linfor.

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 Linfor:

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 Linfor, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Linfor) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.