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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 Steamboat Rocks (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 Rocks. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Steamboat Rocks is located in Shoshone 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 Shoshone County: Benewah, Bonner, Clearwater, Kootenai, Latah, Mineral (MT) & Sanders (MT).

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

  • Shoshone County     (The home county of Steamboat Rocks)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steamboat Rocks, with the one closest to Steamboat Rocks listed first.
    • Delta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Delta is located in Shoshone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
    • Murray
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Smelterville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Sweeney
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Sweeney is located in Shoshone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeney
    • Kellogg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Kingston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Pinehurst
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Carbon Center
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Carbon Center is located in Shoshone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Center
    • Wardner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Osburn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Burke ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Burke is located in Shoshone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burke
    • Frisco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Frisco is located in Shoshone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
  • Bonner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steamboat Rocks, with the one closest to Steamboat Rocks listed first.
    • Cabinet ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Cabinet is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cabinet
    • Lakeview
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Lakeview is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Clark Fork
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Creek
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cedar Creek is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
    • East Hope
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • East Hope is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Hope
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
    • Hope
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Careywood
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Cocolalla
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Westmond
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Westmond is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmond
    • Dufort
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Dufort is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dufort
    • Algoma
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Algoma is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
    • Sagle
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Kootenai County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steamboat Rocks, with the one closest to Steamboat Rocks listed first.
    • Bayview
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Belmont
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Belmont is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Cataldo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Athol
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Canyon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Canyon is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
    • Rose Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Rose Lake is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lake
    • Garwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Garwood is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwood
  • Sanders County (MT)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Steamboat Rocks, with the one closest to Steamboat Rocks listed first.
    • Heron
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Smead ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Smead is located in Sanders County (MT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smead
    • Noxon
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Tuscor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Tuscor is located in Sanders County (MT)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscor
    • Trout Creek
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Steamboat Rocks ...

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

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 Steamboat Rocks - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Cabinet Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Heron Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Noxon Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Clara Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Clark Fork Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Murray Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Drake Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Hope Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Old Hope Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Hunt Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Shoshone Memorial Gardens
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Westmond Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Mountain View Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Rose Lake Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Heron
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Noxon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Tuscor
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Tuscor is located in Sanders County (MT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscor
  • Eagle
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Eagle is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle
  • Delta
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Delta is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta
  • Murray
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Enaville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Enaville is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enaville
  • Trout Creek
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Cataldo
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Kingston
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Kellogg
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Cocolalla
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Athol
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Wardner
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Osburn
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

Newspapers Published in Steamboat Rocks ...

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 9 newspapers that have been published in the area around Steamboat Rocks.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Steamboat Rocks, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Steamboat Rocks.

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 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 Rocks:

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>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 Rocks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Steamboat Rocks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.