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Nearest Communities to Rocky Bar,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Rocky Bar, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Rocky Bar:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to 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 checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Rocky Bar.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Rocky Bar is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Elmore County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Elmore County: Ada, Boise, Camas, Gooding, Owyhee & Twin Falls.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 21 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rocky Bar. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Elmore County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Rocky Bar (which is Elmore County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Rocky Bar

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Elmore County   (where Rocky Bar resides)
    • County Website:   www.elmorecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Elmore:   Mountain Home
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rocky Bar   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rocky Bar.
      • Spanish Town ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanish Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Town
        • Spanish Town is located in Elmore County
      • Featherville
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Featherville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Featherville
        • Featherville is located in Elmore County
      • Paradise Hot Springs
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hot Springs
        • Paradise Hot Springs is located in Elmore County
      • Alturas City ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alturas City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alturas City
        • Alturas City is located in Elmore County
      • Atlanta
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Pine
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Prairie
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Prairie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie
        • Prairie is located in Elmore County
      • Steamboat Rock
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steamboat Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat Rock
        • Steamboat Rock is located in Elmore County
      • Castle Rocks
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Rocks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rocks
        • Castle Rocks is located in Elmore County
      • Dixie
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
        • Dixie is located in Elmore County
      • Reclamation Village
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reclamation Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reclamation Village
        • Reclamation Village is located in Elmore County
  • Blaine County
  • Boise County
    • County Website:   www.co.boise.id.us/
    • County Seat for Boise:   Idaho City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rocky Bar   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rocky Bar.
      • Graham ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Graham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
        • Graham is located in Boise County
      • Twin Springs
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Springs
        • Twin Springs is located in Boise County
      • Banner
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Banner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
        • Banner is located in Boise County
      • Tenmile Summer Home Area
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tenmile Summer Home Area have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenmile Summer Home Area
        • Tenmile Summer Home Area is located in Boise County
      • Washington Mill
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington Mill
        • Washington Mill is located in Boise County
      • Idaho City
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Idaho City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idaho City
        • Idaho City is located in Boise County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 480 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idaho City <5>
  • Camas County
    • County Seat for Camas:   Fairfield
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rocky Bar   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rocky Bar.
      • Indian Head Rock
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Head Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Head Rock
        • Indian Head Rock is located in Camas County
      • Carrietown
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carrietown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrietown
        • Carrietown is located in Camas County
      • Hill City
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
        • Hill City is located in Camas County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hill City <5>

Footnotes ...

<1>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- Rocky Bar) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rocky Bar. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6888, Longitude: -115.2891    
<2>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 Rocky Bar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
<4>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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