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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 Ucon (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 Ucon. 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 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.

Ucon is located in Bonneville 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 Bonneville County: Bingham, Caribou, Jefferson, Madison, Teton, Lincoln (WY) & Teton (WY).

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

  • Bonneville County     (The home county of Ucon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ucon, with the one closest to Ucon listed first.
    • Iona
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Iona is located in Bonneville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,441 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iona <1>
    • Ammon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Ammon is located in Bonneville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,726 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ammon <1>
    • Idaho Falls
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Ozone
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Ozone is located in Bonneville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozone
    • Taylorville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Taylorville is located in Bonneville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
    • Bone
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Bone is located in Bonneville County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone
  • Bingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ucon, with the one closest to Ucon listed first.
    • Woodville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodville is located in Bingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
    • Shelley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Basalt
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Firth
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wapello
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wapello is located in Bingham County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapello
  • Fremont County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ucon, with the one closest to Ucon listed first.
    • Egin
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Egin is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egin
    • Teton
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Newdale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Wilford
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Wilford is located in Fremont County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilford
    • Parker
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Saint Anthony
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jefferson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ucon, with the one closest to Ucon listed first.
    • Garfield
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Garfield is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
    • Rigby
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Rigby is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigby
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,430 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rigby <1>
    • Lewisville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Menan
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Menan is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menan
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menan <1>
    • Ririe
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • 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>
    • Annis
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Annis is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annis
    • Roberts
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Hamer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Hamer is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamer <1>
    • Terreton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ucon, with the one closest to Ucon listed first.
    • Archer
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Archer is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
    • Walker
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Walker is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Rexburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Plano
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Plano is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
    • Sugar City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Edmonds
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Edmonds is located in Madison County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds

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

Cemeteries Near Ucon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ucon.

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

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

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

  • Ucon Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Milo Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Lincoln Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Central Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Iona Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rigby Pioneer Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigby Pioneer Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rigby Pioneer Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Rigby.
    • The Rigby Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #219994 <2>
  • Lewisville Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lewisville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Lewisville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80541 <2>
  • Ammon Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ammon Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Ammon.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80399 <2>
  • Ririe - Shelton Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ririe - Shelton Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ririe - Shelton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Ririe.
    • The Ririe - Shelton Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ririe Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80622 <2>
  • Rose Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Annis Little Butte Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annis Little Butte Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Annis Little Butte Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Rigby.
    • The Annis Little Butte Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cedar Butte Cemetery
    • Little Butte Cemetery
    • Menan City Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #155547 <2>
  • New Sweden Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...
    • Market Lake Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Roberts Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Sutton Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sutton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Archer.
      • The Sutton Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Archer Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80652 <2>

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

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

  • Idaho Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Basalt
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Teton
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Saint Anthony
    (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 Ucon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ucon.

Newspapers Published in Ucon ...

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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ucon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ucon, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ucon.

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 Ucon:

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