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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 Rogerson (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 Rogerson. 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 and 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.

Rogerson is located in Twin Falls 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 Twin Falls County: Cassia, Elmore, Gooding, Jerome, Owyhee & Elko (NV).

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

  • Twin Falls County     (The home county of Rogerson)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogerson, with the one closest to Rogerson listed first.
    • Hollister
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollister have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollister
      • Hollister is located in Twin Falls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
    • Idavada ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idavada
      • Idavada is located in Twin Falls County
    • Clover
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
      • Clover is located in Twin Falls County
    • Filer
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Filer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filer
      • Filer is located in Twin Falls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,939 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Filer <2>
    • Twin Falls
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Falls
      • Twin Falls is located in Twin Falls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,411 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Twin Falls <2>
    • Kimberly
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kimberly have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
      • Kimberly is located in Twin Falls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,161 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kimberly <2>
    • Castleford
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castleford have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleford
      • Castleford is located in Twin Falls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castleford <2>
    • Hansen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hansen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hansen
      • Hansen is located in Twin Falls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,290 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hansen <2>
    • Buhl
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buhl
      • Buhl is located in Twin Falls County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,524 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buhl <2>
    • Murtaugh
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Cassia County
    • Artesian City ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesian City
      • Artesian City is located in Cassia County
  • Owyhee County
    • Three Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Creek
      • Three Creek is located in Owyhee County
  • Elko County (NV)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rogerson, with the one closest to Rogerson listed first.
    • Jackpot
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Delaplain ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Delaplain. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delaplain
      • Delaplain is located in Elko County (NV)
    • San Jacinto
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for San Jacinto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jacinto
      • San Jacinto is located in Elko County (NV)

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

Cemeteries Near Rogerson ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rogerson.

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

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

  • Walton - Gumm Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Clover Lutheran Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clover Lutheran Cemetery
    • The Clover Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Clover Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
  • Rock Creek Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bower Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Sunset Memorial Park
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Twin Falls Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Artesian City Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Artesian City Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Artesian City Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
  • West End Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Ira Burton Perrine Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ira Burton Perrine Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Ira Burton Perrine Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2278615 <4>

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

Newspapers Published in Rogerson ...

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 21 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rogerson.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Rogerson, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Rogerson.

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 Rogerson:

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

The official website for Twin Falls County: www.twinfallscounty.org/

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- Rogerson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rogerson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2180, Longitude: -114.5942       In this case, the coordinates for Rogerson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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