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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 Owyhee Heights (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 Owyhee Heights. 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 Owyhee Heights ...

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 Owyhee Heights: Owyhee Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Owyhee Heights is located in Owyhee 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 Owyhee County: Ada, Canyon, Elmore, Twin Falls, Elko (NV), Humboldt (NV) & Malheur (OR).

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

  • Owyhee County     (The home county of Owyhee Heights)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Owyhee Heights, with the one closest to Owyhee Heights listed first.
    • Homedale
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homedale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homedale
      • Homedale is located in Owyhee County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,830 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homedale <2>
    • Marsing
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Owyhee Heights, with the one closest to Owyhee Heights listed first.
    • Star
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
      • Star is located in Ada County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,259 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star <2>
    • Meridian
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Kuna
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Canyon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Owyhee Heights, with the one closest to Owyhee Heights listed first.
    • Wilder
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Roswell
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
      • Roswell is located in Canyon County
    • Greenleaf
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Huston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Huston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huston
      • Huston is located in Canyon County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huston <2>
    • Weitz
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weitz
      • Weitz is located in Canyon County
    • Parma
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parma have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
      • Parma is located in Canyon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,129 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <2>
    • Notus
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notus
      • Notus is located in Canyon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Notus <2>
    • Apple Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
      • Apple Valley is located in Canyon County
    • Riverside
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Riverside is located in Canyon County
    • Caldwell
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Sand Hollow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hollow
      • Sand Hollow is located in Canyon County
    • Middleton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Nampa
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nampa
      • Nampa is located in Canyon County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,215 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nampa <2>
  • Gem County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Owyhee Heights, with the one closest to Owyhee Heights listed first.
    • Bramwell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramwell
      • Bramwell is located in Gem County
    • Letha
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Letha have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Letha
      • Letha is located in Gem County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Letha <2>
    • Emmett
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Payette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Owyhee Heights, with the one closest to Owyhee Heights listed first.
    • Buckingham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
      • Buckingham is located in Payette County
    • New Plymouth
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Plymouth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Plymouth
      • New Plymouth is located in Payette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,609 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Plymouth <2>
    • Fruitland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
      • Fruitland is located in Payette County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,568 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitland <2>
    • Washoe
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe
      • Washoe is located in Payette County
  • Malheur County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Owyhee Heights, with the one closest to Owyhee Heights listed first.
    • Adrian
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adrian have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
      • Adrian is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adrian <2>
    • Owyhee
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Owyhee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
      • Owyhee is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Nyssa
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nyssa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa
      • Nyssa is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,231 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyssa <2>
    • Ontario
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ontario have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
      • Ontario is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,140 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ontario <2>
    • Vale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
      • Vale is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,806 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vale <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Owyhee Heights ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Owyhee Heights.

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 Owyhee Heights covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Fargo Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fargo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fargo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wilder Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wilder Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilder Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wilder.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80679 <4>
  • Marsing - Homedale Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marsing - Homedale Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marsing - Homedale Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Roswell Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Greenleaf Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenleaf Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Greenleaf Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Greenleaf.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1405947 <4>
  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lower Boise Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Parma Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Owyhee Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Owyhee Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Owyhee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Peaceful Valley Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Peaceful Valley Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Peaceful Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<5> to the west of Marsing.
    • The Peaceful Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Knowlton Heights Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2153586 <4>
  • Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Canyon Hill Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (23 more) ...
    • Middleton Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Nyssa Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nyssa Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Nyssa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Rockville Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rockville Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rockville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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

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

  • Notus
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Notus have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Notus
    • Notus is located in Canyon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Notus <2>
  • Parma
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parma have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
    • Parma is located in Canyon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,129 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parma <2>
  • Owyhee
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Owyhee. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
    • Owyhee is located in Malheur County (OR)
  • Caldwell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Nyssa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nyssa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa
    • Nyssa is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,231 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyssa <2>
  • Rockville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
    • Rockville is located in Owyhee County
  • Middleton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Nampa
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nampa
    • Nampa is located in Canyon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,215 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nampa <2>
  • Star
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Star have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star
    • Star is located in Ada County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,259 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star <2>
  • Vale
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vale
    • Vale is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,806 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vale <2>
  • Ontario
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ontario have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
    • Ontario is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,140 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ontario <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Owyhee Heights ...

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 62 newspapers that have been published in the area around Owyhee Heights.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Owyhee Heights, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Owyhee Heights.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Owyhee Heights:

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

The official website for Owyhee County: www.owyheecounty.net/

The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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.
<5>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Owyhee Heights) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Owyhee Heights. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6246, Longitude: -116.9907       In this case, the coordinates for Owyhee Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Owyhee Heights, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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