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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 Steamboat Rock (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 Steamboat Rock. 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 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 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.

Steamboat Rock is located in Elmore 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 Elmore County: Ada, Boise, Camas, Gooding, Owyhee & Twin Falls.

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

  • Elmore County     (The home county of Steamboat Rock)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steamboat Rock, with the one closest to Steamboat Rock listed first.
    • Reclamation Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reclamation Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reclamation Village
      • Reclamation Village is located in Elmore County
    • Dixie
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
      • Dixie is located in Elmore County
    • Pine
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Paradise Hot Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hot Springs
      • Paradise Hot Springs is located in Elmore County
    • Mountain Home
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Home have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
      • Mountain Home is located in Elmore County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,526 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Home <2>
    • Rocky Bar ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bar
      • Rocky Bar is located in Elmore County
    • Spanish Town ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanish Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Town
      • Spanish Town is located in Elmore County
  • Ada County
    • Boise Hills Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boise Hills Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Hills Village
      • Boise Hills Village is located in Ada County
  • Boise County
    • Idaho City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Idaho City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
  • Camas County
    • Hill City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Steamboat Rock ...

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 27 newspapers that have been published in the area around Steamboat Rock.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Steamboat Rock, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Steamboat Rock.

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 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 Steamboat Rock:

Cemeteries Near Steamboat Rock ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Steamboat Rock.

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

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

  • Pine Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
  • Boot Hill Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Boot Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boot Hill Cemetery
  • Idaho City Pioneer Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Idaho City Pioneer Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Idaho City Pioneer Cemetery
  • Idaho State Penitentiary Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

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.<5>

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

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

  • Mayfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mayfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayfield
    • Mayfield is located in Elmore County
  • Pine
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Cleft
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleft have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleft
    • Cleft is located in Elmore County
  • Mountain Home
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Home have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
    • Mountain Home is located in Elmore County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,526 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Home <2>
  • Rocky Bar ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bar
    • Rocky Bar is located in Elmore County
  • Idaho City
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Idaho City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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 <2>
  • Owyhee
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Owyhee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
    • Owyhee is located in Ada County
  • Reverse
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reverse have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reverse
    • Reverse is located in Elmore County

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

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

The official website for Elmore County: www.elmorecounty.org/

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Steamboat Rock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Steamboat Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.4482, Longitude: -115.6273       In this case, the coordinates for Steamboat Rock have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>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 Steamboat Rock, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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