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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 Two Forks (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 Two Forks. 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.

Name Variations for Two Forks ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Two Forks: Two Frks.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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.

Two Forks is located in Teton 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 Teton County: Bonneville, Fremont, Madison & Teton (WY).

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

  • Teton County     (The home county of Two Forks)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Two Forks, with the one closest to Two Forks listed first.
    • Aline ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Aline is located in Teton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline
    • Driggs
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Chapin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Chapin is located in Teton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
    • Fox Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Fox Creek is located in Teton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
    • Tetonia
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Victor
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • The String
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • The String is located in Teton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The String
    • Felt
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Bonneville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Two Forks, with the one closest to Two Forks listed first.
    • Swan Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Irwin
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Irwin is located in Bonneville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irwin <1>
    • Palisades
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Palisades is located in Bonneville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
  • Fremont County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Two Forks, with the one closest to Two Forks listed first.
    • Drummond
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Drummond is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 16 people
    • Squirrel
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Squirrel is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squirrel
    • Newdale
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Chester
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Marysville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Marysville is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
    • Teton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Warm River
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Warm River is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm River
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
    • Ashton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilford
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Wilford is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilford
    • Saint Anthony
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jefferson County
    • Ririe
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Ririe is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ririe
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 694 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ririe <1>
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Two Forks, with the one closest to Two Forks listed first.
    • Walker
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Walker is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Archer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Archer is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
    • Sugar City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Teton County (WY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Two Forks, with the one closest to Two Forks listed first.
    • Alta
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Teton Village
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Moose Wilson Road
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Moose Wilson Road is located in Teton County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Wilson Road
    • Wilson
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Moose
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jackson
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jackson is located in Teton County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,572 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <1>
    • Rafter J Ranch
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rafter J Ranch is located in Teton County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rafter J Ranch
    • South Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • South Park is located in Teton County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
    • Kelly
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Colter Bay Village
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Colter Bay Village is located in Teton County (WY)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colter Bay Village
      • Colter Bay Village has also been known as:
      • Colter Bay

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

Cemeteries Near Two Forks ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Two Forks.

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 Two Forks - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Bates Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Cedron Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Driggs Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Driggs - Darby Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Cache Clawson Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Pratt Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pratt Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<2> to the northeast of Alta (WY).
    • The Pratt Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Alta Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #467387 <3>
  • Haden Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Victor Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Felt Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Swan Valley Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Elliott Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Farnum Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Squirrel Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Shults Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • South Park Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)

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

  • Teton
    (27 miles [43.5 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 Two Forks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Two Forks.

Newspapers Published in Two Forks ...

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 13 newspapers that have been published in the area around Two Forks.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Two Forks, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Two Forks.

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 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 Two Forks:

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>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- Two Forks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>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.
<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 Two Forks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.