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Introduction ...

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

We've added Yellow Dog to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Yellow Dog, 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 Yellow Dog (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 Yellow Dog. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Yellow Dog is historic, it would have been located within present day Latah 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 Latah County: Benewah, Clearwater, Nez Perce, Shoshone & Whitman (WA).

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

  • Latah County     (The home county of Yellow Dog)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Dog, with the one closest to Yellow Dog listed first.
    • Cora
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Cora is located in Latah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora
    • Freeze
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Freeze is located in Latah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeze
    • Potlatch Junction
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Potlatch Junction is located in Latah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potlatch Junction
    • Onaway
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Onaway is located in Latah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
    • Potlatch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Viola
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Princeton
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Harvard
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Moscow
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Howell
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Howell is located in Latah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
    • Troy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Lenville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Lenville is located in Latah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenville
    • Deary
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Benewah County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Dog, with the one closest to Yellow Dog listed first.
    • De Smet
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • De Smet is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Smet
    • Tensed
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Willard
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Willard is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
    • Emida
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Emida is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emida
    • Plummer
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Plummer is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
    • Parkline
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Parkline is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkline
    • Santa
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chatcolet
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Chatcolet is located in Benewah County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatcolet
  • Kootenai County
    • Worley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Nez Perce County
    • Leon
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Leon is located in Nez Perce County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
  • Spokane County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Dog, with the one closest to Yellow Dog listed first.
    • Latah
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Latah is located in Spokane County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latah
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 187 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Latah <2>
    • Spring Valley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Spring Valley is located in Spokane County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
    • Waverly
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Waverly is located in Spokane County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
    • Fairfield
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Whitman County (WA)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Yellow Dog, with the one closest to Yellow Dog listed first.
    • Grinnell
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Grinnell is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinnell
    • Palouse
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Palouse is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palouse
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,055 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palouse <2>
    • Garfield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Eden
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Eden is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
    • Farmington
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Elberton
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Elberton is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberton
    • Belmont
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Seltice
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Seltice is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seltice
    • Glenwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Glenwood is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
    • Oakesdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Oakesdale is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakesdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
    • Shawnee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Shawnee is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
    • Steptoe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Albion
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Albion is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Yellow Dog ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Yellow Dog.

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 Yellow Dog - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Silver Creek Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Freeze Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeze Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Freeze Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Potlatch.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1340132 <4>
  • Greenwood Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Garfield Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Eden Valley Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Farmington Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Rock Creek Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mendenhall Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pitts Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakesdale Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (48 more) ...
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Sanders Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Colfax Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Colfax Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Colfax (WA).
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #76743 <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 Yellow Dog in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Yellow Dog.

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

  • Palouse
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Palouse is located in Whitman County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palouse
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,055 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palouse <2>
  • Garfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Eden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Eden is located in Whitman County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Farmington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Elberton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Elberton is located in Whitman County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elberton
  • Viola
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Belmont
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Fallon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Fallon is located in Whitman County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fallon
  • Glenwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Glenwood is located in Whitman County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
  • Seltice
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Seltice is located in Whitman County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seltice
  • Whelan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Whelan is located in Whitman County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelan
  • Oakesdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakesdale is located in Whitman County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakesdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Shawnee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Shawnee is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
    • Steptoe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Colfax
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Colfax is located in Whitman County (WA)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,787 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colfax <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Yellow Dog ...

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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Yellow Dog.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Yellow Dog, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Yellow Dog.

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 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 Yellow Dog:

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 Yellow Dog, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Yellow Dog) 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.