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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 Lost River (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 Lost River. 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 Lost River ...

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 Lost River: Lost Riv.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Lost River is located in Butte 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 Butte County: Bingham, Blaine, Clark, Custer, Jefferson & Lemhi.

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

  • Butte County     (The home county of Lost River)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lost River, with the one closest to Lost River listed first.
    • Moore
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Arco
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Butte City
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butte City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte City
      • Butte City is located in Butte County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Howe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
      • Howe is located in Butte County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howe <1>
  • Custer County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Lost River, with the one closest to Lost River listed first.
    • Lost River
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
      • Lost River is located in Custer County
      • Population from the 2010 Census: 68 people
    • Alder City ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alder City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder City
      • Alder City is located in Custer County
    • Mackay
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mackay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackay
      • Mackay is located in Custer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mackay <1>

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Lost River:

Cemeteries Near Lost River ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lost River.

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 Lost River covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Lost River Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Darlington Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Darlington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Darlington Cemetery
  • Old Darlington Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Old Darlington Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Darlington Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2174848 <3>
  • Antelope Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Antelope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Antelope Cemetery
  • Upper Antelope Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Houston Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Houston Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Houston Cemetery
  • Howe Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Mt. McCaleb Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. McCaleb Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. McCaleb Cemetery
  • William Robert Johnson Gravesite
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Battleground Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Battleground Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Battleground 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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Lost River had a post office and no railroad service. In 2000, Lost River had a population of 26 people.

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

  • Arco
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Era
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Era have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Era
    • Era is located in Butte County
  • Leslie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leslie have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
    • Leslie is located in Custer County
  • Antelope ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antelope have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
    • Antelope is located in Butte County
  • Martin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
    • Martin is located in Butte County
  • Houston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Houston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
    • Houston is located in Custer County
  • Howe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
    • Howe is located in Butte County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howe <1>

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

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

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

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 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.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lost River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lost River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6891, Longitude: -113.3714       In this case, the coordinates for Lost River have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<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 Lost River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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