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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Nelson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Nelson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Nelson, please Contact Us.

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 Nelson (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 Nelson. 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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Nelson is historic, it would have been located within present day Oneida 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 Oneida County: Bannock, Cassia, Franklin, Power, Box Elder (UT) & Cache (UT).

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

  • Oneida County     (The home county of Nelson)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
    • Stone
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Holbrook
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Samaria
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Samaria is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
    • Gwenford
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Gwenford is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwenford
    • Pleasantview
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Pleasantview is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantview
    • Saint Johns
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Johns is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
    • Cherry Creek
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Cherry Creek is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
    • Malad City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Woodruff
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Woodruff is located in Oneida County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
  • Cassia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
    • Strevell ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Strevell is located in Cassia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strevell
    • Sublett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Sublett is located in Cassia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett
  • Power County
  • Box Elder County (UT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nelson, with the one closest to Nelson listed first.
    • Snowville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Blue Creek ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Blue Creek is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Creek
    • Portage
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Portage is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
    • Howell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Howell is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howell <2>
    • Washakie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Washakie is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washakie
    • Fort Malad ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Fort Malad is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Malad
    • Portage Old Fort ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Portage Old Fort is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Old Fort
    • Kosmo ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Kosmo is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kosmo
    • Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Cedar Creek is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
    • Hardup
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Hardup is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardup
    • Plymouth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Plymouth is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <2>
    • Cedar Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Cedar Springs is located in Box Elder County (UT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs

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

Cemeteries Near Nelson ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nelson.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

  • Snowville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Samaria
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Samaria is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
  • Blue Creek ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Blue Creek is located in Box Elder County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Creek
  • Saint Johns
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Johns is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
  • Cherry Creek
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Cherry Creek is located in Oneida County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
  • Portage
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Portage is located in Box Elder County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
  • Malad City
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • Washakie
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Washakie is located in Box Elder County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washakie
  • Plymouth
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Plymouth is located in Box Elder County (UT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <2>
  • Sublett
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sublett is located in Cassia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Nelson:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Nelson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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' (or 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- Nelson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.