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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 State Line (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 State Line. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

State Line is located in Kootenai 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 Kootenai County: Benewah, Bonner, Shoshone & Spokane (WA).

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

  • Kootenai County     (The home county of State Line)
    • The following are listed by their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
    • State Line Village
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Line Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line Village
      • State Line Village is located in Kootenai County
    • Post Falls
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Post Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Falls
      • Post Falls is located in Kootenai County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,933 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Post Falls <2>
    • Hauser
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hauser have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hauser
      • Hauser is located in Kootenai County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hauser <2>
    • Coeur d'Alene Junction
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coeur d'Alene Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coeur d'Alene Junction
      • Coeur d'Alene Junction is located in Kootenai County
    • Huetter
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huetter
      • Huetter is located in Kootenai County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 114 people
    • Rathdrum
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rathdrum have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathdrum
      • Rathdrum is located in Kootenai County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,419 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rathdrum <2>
    • Coeur d'Alene
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Dalton Gardens
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dalton Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalton Gardens
      • Dalton Gardens is located in Kootenai County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,423 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dalton Gardens <2>
    • Hayden
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
      • Hayden is located in Kootenai County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,713 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayden <2>
    • Sturgeon
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon
      • Sturgeon is located in Kootenai County
    • Fernan Lake Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fernan Lake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fernan Lake Village
      • Fernan Lake Village is located in Kootenai County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 174 people
    • Bellgrove
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellgrove
      • Bellgrove is located in Kootenai County
  • Benewah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
    • Plummer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
      • Plummer is located in Benewah County
    • Chatcolet
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatcolet
      • Chatcolet is located in Benewah County
    • Parkline
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkline have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkline
      • Parkline is located in Benewah County
  • Bonner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
    • Blanchard
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blanchard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
      • Blanchard is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blanchard <2>
    • Careywood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Careywood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Careywood
      • Careywood is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Careywood <2>
  • Pend Oreille County (WA)
    • Camden
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
      • Camden is located in Pend Oreille County (WA)
  • Spokane County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from State Line, with the one closest to State Line listed first.
    • Otis Orchards - East Farms
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Otis Orchards - East Farms. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis Orchards - East Farms
      • Otis Orchards - East Farms is located in Spokane County (WA)
    • Liberty Lake
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Otis Orchards
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Newman Lake
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenacres
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Veradale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Trentwood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trentwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trentwood
      • Trentwood is located in Spokane County (WA)
    • Irwin
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
      • Irwin is located in Spokane County (WA)
    • Opportunity
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opportunity
      • Opportunity is located in Spokane County (WA)
    • Spokane Valley
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Dishman
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dishman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dishman
      • Dishman is located in Spokane County (WA)
    • Millwood
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millwood have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
      • Millwood is located in Spokane County (WA)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,801 people

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

Newspapers Published in State Line ...

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 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around State Line.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of State Line, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for State Line.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 State Line:

Cemeteries Near State Line ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of State Line.

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

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

  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Post Falls Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Josephs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Josephs Cemetery
  • Saltese Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Saltese Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Saltese Cemetery
  • The Pines Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the The Pines Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the The Pines Cemetery
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
  • Forest Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Coeur d'Alene.
    • The Forest Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ft. Sherman Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Forest Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80471 <5>
  • Riverview Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Restlawn Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Restlawn Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Restlawn Memorial Park
  • Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Prairie Cemetery
  • Bestland Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bestland Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bestland Cemetery
  • Englewood Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Englewood Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Englewood Cemetery
  • Mica Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mica Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mica Cemetery
  • Continue List   (46 more) ...
    • Mica Creek Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mica Creek Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mica Creek Cemetery
    • Mica Peak Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mica Peak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mica Peak Cemetery
    • St. Thomas 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.<6>

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

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

  • Post Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Post Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Falls
    • Post Falls is located in Kootenai County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,933 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Post Falls <2>
  • Hauser
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hauser have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hauser
    • Hauser is located in Kootenai County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 726 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hauser <2>
  • Rathdrum
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rathdrum have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rathdrum
    • Rathdrum is located in Kootenai County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,419 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rathdrum <2>
  • Chester
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
    • Chester is located in Spokane County (WA)
  • Coeur d'Alene
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Peone
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peone
    • Peone is located in Spokane County (WA)
  • East Spokane
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Spokane have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Spokane
    • East Spokane is located in Spokane County (WA)
  • Mica
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mica
    • Mica is located in Spokane County (WA)
  • Freeman
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
    • Freeman is located in Spokane County (WA)
  • Ramsey
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramsey have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
    • Ramsey is located in Kootenai County
  • Mead
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Spokane
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spokane
    • Spokane is located in Spokane County (WA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 222,050 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spokane <2>
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Rockford
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Buckeye
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckeye have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
      • Buckeye is located in Spokane County (WA)
    • Chattaroy
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

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

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

The official website for Kootenai County: www.co.kootenai.id.us/

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- State Line) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in State Line. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.7052, Longitude: -117.0369       In this case, the coordinates for State Line have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<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 State Line, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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