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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 Waha (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 Waha. 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 doctors and 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.

Waha is located in Nez Perce 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 Nez Perce County: Clearwater, Idaho, Latah, Lewis, Wallowa (OR), Asotin (WA) & Whitman (WA).

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

  • Nez Perce County     (The home county of Waha)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waha, with the one closest to Waha listed first.
    • Sweetwater
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Lapwai
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lapwai have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapwai
      • Lapwai is located in Nez Perce County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lapwai <2>
    • Culdesac
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Culdesac have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culdesac
      • Culdesac is located in Nez Perce County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Culdesac <2>
    • Lewiston
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • North Lapwai
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Spalding
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spalding have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spalding
      • Spalding is located in Nez Perce County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spalding <2>
    • Chesley ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cherrylane
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Leon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
      • Leon is located in Nez Perce County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Leon
      • From Waha to Leon
    • Lenore
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lenore have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenore
      • Lenore is located in Nez Perce County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenore <2>
    • Peck
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cameron
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Idaho County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waha, with the one closest to Waha listed first.
    • Ferdinand
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferdinand have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferdinand
      • Ferdinand is located in Idaho County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 164 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ferdinand <2>
    • Keuterville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Boles
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cottonwood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Greencreek
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greencreek have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencreek
      • Greencreek is located in Idaho County
  • Latah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waha, with the one closest to Waha listed first.
    • Genesee
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genesee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
      • Genesee is located in Latah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Genesee <2>
    • Juliaetta
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Kendrick
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendrick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
      • Kendrick is located in Latah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kendrick <2>
    • Lenville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lenville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenville
      • Lenville is located in Latah County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lenville
      • From Waha to Lenville
  • Lewis County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waha, with the one closest to Waha listed first.
    • Slickpoo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Winchester
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winchester have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winchester
      • Winchester is located in Lewis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 444 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winchester <2>
    • Reubens
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ruebens
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Craigmont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craigmont have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craigmont
      • Craigmont is located in Lewis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Craigmont <2>
    • Nezperce
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nezperce have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nezperce
      • Nezperce is located in Lewis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 462 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nezperce <2>
  • Wallowa County (OR)
    • Flora ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Asotin County (WA)
  • Garfield County (WA)
  • Whitman County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Waha, with the one closest to Waha listed first.
    • Leon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
      • Leon is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Leon
      • From Waha to Leon
    • Uniontown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Colton
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Waha ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Waha.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Waha had a population of 24 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Theon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Theon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theon
    • Theon is located in Asotin County (WA)
  • Asotin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Anatone
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lewiston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Silcott
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Silcott. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silcott
    • Silcott is located in Asotin County (WA)
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Silcott
    • From Waha to Silcott
  • Leon
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leon. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
    • Leon is located in Nez Perce County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Leon
    • From Waha to Leon
  • Genesee
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Genesee have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genesee
    • Genesee is located in Latah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Genesee <2>
  • Uniontown
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Paradise
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Paradise is located in Wallowa County (OR)
  • Cottonwood
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Juliaetta
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Colton
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Leland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leland have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leland
      • Leland is located in Nez Perce County
    • Kendrick
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendrick have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
      • Kendrick is located in Latah County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 309 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kendrick <2>
    • Lenville
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lenville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenville
      • Lenville is located in Latah County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Lenville
      • From Waha to Lenville

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

Newspapers Published in Waha ...

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 59 newspapers that have been published in the area around Waha.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Waha, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Waha.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 Waha:

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

The official website for Nez Perce County: www.co.nezperce.id.us/

The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/

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>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 Waha, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>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- Waha) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Waha. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.2142, Longitude: -116.8513    









 

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