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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 McHenry (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 McHenry. 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 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.

McHenry is located in Jerome 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 Jerome County: Cassia, Gooding, Lincoln, Minidoka & Twin Falls.

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

  • Jerome County     (The home county of McHenry)
    • The following are listed by their distance from McHenry, with the one closest to McHenry listed first.
    • Hazelton
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Eden
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Falls City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Falls City is located in Jerome County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
    • Jerome
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Cassia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McHenry, with the one closest to McHenry listed first.
    • Burley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Pella
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Pella is located in Cassia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella
    • Artesian City ‑ Historic
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Artesian City is located in Cassia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesian City
    • Declo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Marion
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Marion is located in Cassia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Oakley
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Albion
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Basin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Basin is located in Cassia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McHenry, with the one closest to McHenry listed first.
    • Kimama
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Kimama is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimama
    • Besslen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Besslen is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besslen
    • Dietrich
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Shoshone
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Minidoka County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McHenry, with the one closest to McHenry listed first.
    • Paul
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Paul is located in Minidoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,464 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paul <1>
    • Heyburn
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Amalga
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Amalga is located in Minidoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amalga
    • Rupert
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Acequia
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Acequia is located in Minidoka County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acequia
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
    • Minidoka
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Twin Falls County
    • The following are listed by their distance from McHenry, with the one closest to McHenry listed first.
    • Murtaugh
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hansen
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Hansen is located in Twin Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,290 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hansen <1>
    • Kimberly
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Twin Falls
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Filer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Filer is located in Twin Falls County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,939 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Filer <1>

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

Cemeteries Near McHenry ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McHenry.

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

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

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

  • Hazelton Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazelton Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hazelton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Hazelton.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1976931 <2>
  • Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Pella Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pella Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Pella.
    • The Pella Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pella Ward Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80600 <2>
  • Artesian City Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Bower Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Gem Memorial Gardens
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Memorial Gardens
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Gem Memorial Gardens is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Burley.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1186675 <2>
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Paul Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Paul Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the north of Paul.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80598 <2>
  • Rock Creek Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Riverside Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Heyburn.
    • The Riverside Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Heyburn Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1845218 <2>
  • Twin Falls Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Sunset Memorial Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Rupert.
      • The Minidoka Acequia Rupert Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Acequia Rupert Cemetery
      • M.A.R. Cemetery
      • Rupert Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80632 <2>
    • Declo Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Adelaide Congregational Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelaide Congregational Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Adelaide Congregational Cemetery is located 13 miles [20.9 km]<3> to the west of Minidoka.
      • The Adelaide Congregational Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Trinity Lutheran Church Graveyard
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2526998 <2>

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 McHenry in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of McHenry.

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

  • Owinza
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Owinza is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owinza
  • Kimama
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Kimama is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimama
  • Marion
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Marion is located in Cassia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Oakley
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Basin
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Basin is located in Cassia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
  • Albion
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Shoshone
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in McHenry ...

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 55 newspapers that have been published in the area around McHenry.

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

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 McHenry:

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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- McHenry) 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 McHenry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.