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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 Washington Mill (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 Washington Mill. 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 Washington Mill ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Washington Mill: Washington Ml. (or less commonly used: Washington Mll.)

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

Washington Mill is located in Boise 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 Boise County: Ada, Custer, Elmore, Gem & Valley.

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

  • Boise County     (The home county of Washington Mill)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Washington Mill, with the one closest to Washington Mill listed first.
    • Idaho City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Placerville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Grimes Pass
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Grimes Pass is located in Boise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes Pass
    • Quartzburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Quartzburg is located in Boise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzburg
    • Banner
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Banner is located in Boise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
    • Lowman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Garden Valley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Crouch
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Crouch is located in Boise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
    • Horseshoe Bend
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Banks
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Brownlee
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Brownlee is located in Boise County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
  • Ada County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Washington Mill, with the one closest to Washington Mill listed first.
    • Boise Hills Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Boise Hills Village is located in Ada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise Hills Village
    • Boise
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Boise is located in Ada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 229,776 people
      • Former name for Boise:
      • Boise City
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boise <1>
    • Collister
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Collister is located in Ada County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collister
    • Garden City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Elmore County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Washington Mill, with the one closest to Washington Mill listed first.
    • Rocky Bar ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rocky Bar is located in Elmore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bar
    • Spanish Town ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Spanish Town is located in Elmore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Town
    • Alturas City ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Alturas City is located in Elmore County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alturas City
  • Gem County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Washington Mill, with the one closest to Washington Mill listed first.
    • Pearl
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Pearl is located in Gem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
    • Montour
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Montour is located in Gem County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montour
    • Sweet
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Washington Mill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Washington Mill.

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 Washington Mill - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Miner Grave
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Boot Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Idaho City Pioneer Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Old Catholic Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • IOOF Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Grimes Pass Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Garden Valley Pioneer Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Brownlee Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Ft. Boise Military Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ft. Boise Military Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ft. Boise Military Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Boise.
    • The Ft. Boise Military Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Boise Barracks Military Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80473 <3>
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Idaho State Penitentiary Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...

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

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

  • Idaho City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pioneerville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Pioneerville is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneerville
  • Placerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Quartzburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Quartzburg is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzburg
  • Banner
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Banner is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banner
  • Garden Valley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Horseshoe Bend
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Graham ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Graham is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
  • Rocky Bar ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rocky Bar is located in Elmore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bar
  • Sweet
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Boise
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Boise is located in Ada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 229,776 people
    • Former name for Boise:
    • Boise City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boise <1>

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

Newspapers Published in Washington Mill ...

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 78 newspapers that have been published in the area around Washington Mill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Washington Mill, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Washington Mill.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Washington Mill:

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Washington Mill) 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 Washington Mill, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.