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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Wright. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Wright to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wright, please Contact Us.

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 Wright (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 Wright. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Wright is historic, it would have been located within present day Kootenai 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 Kootenai County: Benewah, Bonner, Shoshone & Spokane (WA).

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

  • Kootenai County     (The home county of Wright)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
    • Athol
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Belmont
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Belmont is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Spirit Lake
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Bayview
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Echo Beach
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Echo Beach is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Beach
    • Garwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Garwood is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwood
    • Sturgeon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Sturgeon is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sturgeon
    • Rathdrum
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Hayden Lake
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Hayden
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Hayden is located in Kootenai County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,713 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayden <2>
    • Dalton Gardens
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Coeur d'Alene Junction
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Coeur d'Alene
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Bonner County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
    • Careywood
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cocolalla
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Blanchard
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Westmond
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Westmond is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westmond
    • Cedar Creek
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Cedar Creek is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
    • Lakeview
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Lakeview is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
    • Laclede
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Dufort
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Dufort is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dufort
    • Algoma
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Algoma is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Algoma
    • Priest River
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Wrencoe
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Wrencoe is located in Bonner County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrencoe
    • Sagle
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Oldtown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Pend Oreille County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
    • Newport
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Newport is located in Pend Oreille County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,266 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <2>
    • Camden
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Camden is located in Pend Oreille County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
    • Dalkena
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dalkena is located in Pend Oreille County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalkena
  • Spokane County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Wright, with the one closest to Wright listed first.
    • Newman Lake
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Otis Orchards - East Farms
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Elk
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Otis Orchards
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Peone
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Peone is located in Spokane County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peone
    • Green Bluff
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Green Bluff is located in Spokane County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bluff
    • Liberty Lake
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Greenacres
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Trentwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Trentwood is located in Spokane County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trentwood
    • Chattaroy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Grays Landing
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Grays Landing is located in Spokane County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays Landing
    • Colbert
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near Wright ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Wright.

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

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

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

  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Rimrock Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Seneacquoteen Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Drake Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Westmond Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Clara Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Restlawn Memorial Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Evergreen Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Post Falls.
    • The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Post Falls Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80458 <4>
  • Bestland Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Forest Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Forest Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Coeur d'Alene.
      • The Forest Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Ft. Sherman Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80471 <4>
    • Riverview Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Lakeview Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lakeview Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Sandpoint.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80533 <4>

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.

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

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

  • Athol
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Ramsey
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Ramsey is located in Kootenai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsey
  • Cocolalla
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Rathdrum
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Priest River
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hauser
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Coeur d'Alene
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Post Falls
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sandpoint
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Kootenai
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Peone
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Peone is located in Spokane County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peone
  • Chattaroy
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Wright ...

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 42 newspapers that have been published in the area around Wright.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Wright, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Wright.

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 helpful 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 Wright:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Wright, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Wright) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.