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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Simplot (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 Simplot. 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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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.

Simplot is located in Canyon 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 Canyon County: Ada, Gem, Owyhee, Payette & Malheur (OR).

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

  • Canyon County     (The home county of Simplot)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Simplot, with the one closest to Simplot listed first.
    • Weitz
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Weitz is located in Canyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weitz
    • Caldwell
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Huston
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenleaf
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Notus
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Middleton
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilder
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Sand Hollow
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Sand Hollow is located in Canyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hollow
    • Nampa
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Nampa is located in Canyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nampa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,215 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nampa <1>
    • Riverside
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Riverside is located in Canyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
    • Roswell
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Roswell is located in Canyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
    • Parma
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Kings Corner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Kings Corner is located in Canyon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Corner
  • Ada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Simplot, with the one closest to Simplot listed first.
    • Star
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Meridian
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Eagle
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Kuna
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Garden City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Boise Junction
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Boise Junction is located in Ada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Junction
    • Collister
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Collister is located in Ada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collister
    • Boise
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Boise is located in Ada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 229,776 people
      • Former name for Boise:
      • Boise City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boise <1>
    • Boise Hills Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Boise Hills Village is located in Ada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Hills Village
  • Gem County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Simplot, with the one closest to Simplot listed first.
    • Bramwell
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Bramwell is located in Gem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramwell
    • Letha
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Emmett
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Pearl
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Pearl is located in Gem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
    • Montour
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Montour is located in Gem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montour
    • Sweet
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Owyhee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Simplot, with the one closest to Simplot listed first.
    • Marsing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Homedale
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Rockville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockville is located in Owyhee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Payette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Simplot, with the one closest to Simplot listed first.
    • New Plymouth
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Buckingham
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Buckingham is located in Payette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
    • Fruitland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Washoe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Washoe is located in Payette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe
    • Payette
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Malheur County (OR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Simplot, with the one closest to Simplot listed first.
    • Adrian
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Adrian is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adrian <1>
    • Owyhee
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Owyhee is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
    • Nyssa
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Nyssa is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,231 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyssa <1>
    • Ontario
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Ontario is located in Malheur County (OR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,140 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ontario <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Simplot ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Simplot.

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

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

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

  • Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Canyon Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenleaf Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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 <2>
  • Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Middleton Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Peaceful Valley Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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]<3> to the east of Marsing.
    • The Peaceful Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Knowlton Heights Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2153586 <2>
  • Kohlerlawn Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lower Boise Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilder Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for 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 <2>
  • Fargo Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Marsing - Homedale Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (33 more) ...
    • Lower Fairview Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Roswell Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Star Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

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

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

  • Caldwell
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Notus
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Middleton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Nampa
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Nampa is located in Canyon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nampa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,215 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nampa <1>
  • Star
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Parma
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Owyhee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Owyhee is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
  • Kuna
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Nyssa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Nyssa is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nyssa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,231 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nyssa <1>
  • Mora
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Mora is located in Ada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mora
  • Rockville
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Rockville is located in Owyhee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Boise
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Boise is located in Ada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 229,776 people
    • Former name for Boise:
    • Boise City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boise <1>
  • Ontario
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Ontario is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ontario
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,140 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ontario <1>
  • Sweet
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in Simplot ...

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 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Simplot.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Simplot, 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 Simplot.

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 Simplot:

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 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Simplot) 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 Simplot, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.