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 Long Creek Summit Home (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 Long Creek Summit Home. 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 Long Creek Summit Home ...

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 Long Creek Summit Home: Long Crk. Summit Home (or less commonly used: Long Ck. Summit Home or Long Cr. Summit Home)

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

Long Creek Summit Home is located in Boise 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 Boise County: Ada, Custer, Elmore, Gem & Valley.

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

• Boise County     (The home county of Long Creek Summit Home)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Long Creek Summit Home, with the one closest to Long Creek Summit Home listed first.
  • Lowman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowman
    • Lowman is located in Boise County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowman <2>
  • Grimes Pass
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes Pass
    • Grimes Pass is located in Boise County
  • Garden Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
    • Garden Valley is located in Boise County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden Valley <2>
  • Crouch
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crouch have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
    • Crouch is located in Boise County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
  • Placerville
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville
    • Placerville is located in Boise County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Placerville <2>
  • Idaho City
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Idaho City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho City
    • Idaho City is located in Boise County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idaho City <2>
  • Banks
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Banks have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banks
    • Banks is located in Boise County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Banks <2>
• Elmore County
  • Alturas City ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alturas City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alturas City
    • Alturas City is located in Elmore County

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

Newspapers Published in Long Creek Summit Home ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Long Creek Summit Home.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Long Creek Summit Home, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Long Creek Summit Home.

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 helpful 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 Long Creek Summit Home:

• Websites specific to Idaho
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //history.idaho.gov/idaho-state-archives

• Pages specific to Boise County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Elmore County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Idaho
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Cemeteries of Boise County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Idaho
  • Cemeteries of Boise County

Cemeteries Near Long Creek Summit Home ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Long Creek Summit Home.

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 Long Creek Summit Home covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Long Creek Summit Home, with the one closest to Long Creek Summit Home listed first.

• Grimes Pass Cemetery
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grimes Pass Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northwest of Grimes Pass.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grimes Pass Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158881 <4>
• Miner Grave
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miner Grave have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miner Grave
• Garden Valley Pioneer Cemetery
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Garden Valley Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Garden Valley Pioneer Cemetery
• IOOF Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the IOOF Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the IOOF Cemetery
• Old Catholic Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Catholic Cemetery
• Boot Hill Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boot Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boot Hill Cemetery
• Idaho City Pioneer Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Idaho City Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Idaho City Pioneer Cemetery
• Alpha Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Alpha Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alpha Cemetery

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 Long Creek Summit Home in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Long Creek Summit Home.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Long Creek Summit Home, with the one closest to Long Creek Summit Home listed first.

• Banner
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Banner have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
  • Banner is located in Boise County
• Pioneerville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pioneerville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneerville
  • Pioneerville is located in Boise County
• Graham ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Graham is located in Boise County
• Garden Valley
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
  • Garden Valley is located in Boise County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden Valley <2>
• Placerville
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville
  • Placerville is located in Boise County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Placerville <2>
• Quartzburg
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Quartzburg have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzburg
  • Quartzburg is located in Boise County
• Idaho City
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Idaho City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho City
  • Idaho City is located in Boise County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idaho City <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Long Creek Summit Home. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Boise County: www.co.boise.id.us/

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/