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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 Milltown (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 Milltown. 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 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.

Milltown is located in Benewah 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 Benewah County: Kootenai, Latah, Shoshone, Spokane (WA) & Whitman (WA).

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

  • Benewah County     (The home county of Milltown)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
    • Saint Maries
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Parkline
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Parkline is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkline
    • Saint Joe
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Saint Joe is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
    • Chatcolet
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Chatcolet is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatcolet
    • Santa
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Emida
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Emida is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emida
    • Fernwood
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Plummer
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Plummer is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
    • De Smet
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • De Smet is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Smet
    • Tensed
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Willard
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Willard is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
  • Kootenai County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
    • Medimont
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Conkling Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Conkling Park is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conkling Park
    • Lane
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Lane is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
    • Harrison
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Rose Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Rose Lake is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lake
    • Canyon
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Canyon is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
    • Cataldo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Worley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Bellgrove
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Bellgrove is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellgrove
    • Fernan Lake Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Fernan Lake Village is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernan Lake Village
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
    • Coeur d'Alene
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Huetter
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Huetter is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huetter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
    • Dalton Gardens
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Latah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
    • Harvard
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Cora
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Cora is located in Latah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
  • Shoshone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
    • Calder
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Kingston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pinehurst
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Emerald Creek
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Emerald Creek is located in Shoshone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Creek
    • Smelterville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Kellogg
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Sweeney
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Sweeney is located in Shoshone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeney
    • Wardner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Clarkia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Osburn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Silverton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wallace
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Spokane County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
    • Latah
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Latah is located in Spokane County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Latah <1>
    • Rockford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Fairfield
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Whitman County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Milltown, with the one closest to Milltown listed first.
    • Willard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Willard is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
    • Tekoa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Tekoa is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tekoa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tekoa <1>
    • Farmington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Seltice
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Seltice is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seltice
    • Lone Pine
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Lone Pine is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine

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

Cemeteries Near Milltown ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Milltown.

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

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

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

  • Woodlawn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Medimont Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Lane Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Harrison Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Mission Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rose Lake Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located less than 2 miles<3> to the west of Plummer.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1991685 <2>
  • Sanders Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Worley Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Coeur d'Alene Indian Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • St. Michaels Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Shoshone Memorial Gardens
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hunt Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Woodfell Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)

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

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

  • Saint Maries
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Chatcolet
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Chatcolet is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatcolet
  • Santa
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Lane
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Lane is located in Kootenai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
  • Lacon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lacon is located in Kootenai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacon
  • Harrison
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cataldo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Kingston
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Enaville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Enaville is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enaville
  • Wardner
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Kellogg
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Tekoa
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Tekoa is located in Whitman County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tekoa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 773 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tekoa <1>
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...
    • Seltice
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Seltice is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seltice
    • Farmington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Coeur d'Alene
      (28 miles [45.1 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 Milltown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Milltown.

Newspapers Published in Milltown ...

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 75 newspapers that have been published in the area around Milltown.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Milltown, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Milltown.

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 either 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 Milltown:

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Milltown) 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 Milltown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.