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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 Idaho (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 Idaho. 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 northeast 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 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 east 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.

Idaho is located in Livingston County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Livingston County: Allegany, Genesee, Monroe, Ontario, Steuben & Wyoming.

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

  • Livingston County     (The home county of Idaho)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Idaho, with the one closest to Idaho listed first.
    • Lima
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Lima is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
    • Livonia
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sleggs Landing
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Sleggs Landing is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sleggs Landing
    • Foots Corners
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Foots Corners is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foots Corners
    • Avon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Avon is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
    • Maple Beach
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Maple Beach is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Beach
    • Websters Crossing
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • East Groveland
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • East Groveland is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Groveland
    • Geneseo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Springwater
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Caledonia
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Inverness
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Inverness is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inverness
  • Allegany County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Idaho, with the one closest to Idaho listed first.
    • Canaseraga
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Garwoods
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Garwoods is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garwoods
    • Swain
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Swain is located in Allegany County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swain
      • Swain has also been known as:
      • Swains Station
      • Swainsville
      • Swin
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Swain <1>
  • Genesee County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Idaho, with the one closest to Idaho listed first.
    • Limerock
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Limerock is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerock
    • Fort Hill
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Hill is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hill
    • Le Roy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Pavilion Center
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Pavilion Center is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavilion Center
    • Pavilion
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Bergen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jericon Corners
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jericon Corners is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jericon Corners
    • Morganville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Morganville is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
    • Stafford
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • South Byron
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • South Byron is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Byron
    • Linden
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Linden is located in Genesee County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
  • Monroe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Idaho, with the one closest to Idaho listed first.
    • Honeoye Falls
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Ford Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Ford Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ford Corner
    • Moran Corner
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Moran Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moran Corner
    • Mendon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Rush
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • West Rush
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • West Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Rush
    • Manns Corner
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Manns Corner is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manns Corner
    • North Rush
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • North Rush is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rush
    • Henrietta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • West Henrietta
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • West Henrietta is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Henrietta
    • Scottsville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Garbutt
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Garbutt is located in Monroe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garbutt
  • Ontario County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Idaho, with the one closest to Idaho listed first.
    • Richmond Mills
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
    • West Bloomfield
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
    • North Bloomfield
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
    • Bristol
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Bristol is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • East Bloomfield
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
    • Village of Bloomfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Holcomb
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Canadice
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Canadice is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice
    • West Canadice Corners
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bristol Center
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bristol Center is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Center
    • Centerfield
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Centerfield is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerfield
    • Victor
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Seneca County
    • Border City
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Border City is located in Seneca County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
  • Steuben County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Idaho, with the one closest to Idaho listed first.
    • Wayland
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Atlanta
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Cohocton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Prattsburgh
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
    • Haskinville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Haskinville is located in Steuben County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskinville
  • Wayne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Idaho, with the one closest to Idaho listed first.
    • Macedon Center
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Macedon Center is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon Center
    • Macedon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Yellow Mills
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Yellow Mills is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Mills
    • Palmyra
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Marquart Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Marquart Village is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marquart Village
    • Huddle
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Huddle is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddle
    • Walworth
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Lincoln
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Lincoln is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • East Palmyra
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • East Palmyra is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Palmyra
    • Marion
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Newark
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Fruitland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Fruitland is located in Wayne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
  • Wyoming County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Idaho, with the one closest to Idaho listed first.
    • Peoria
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • Peoria is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
    • Covington
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Covington is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Covington
    • Perry
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Perry is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perry <1>
    • Perry Center
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Perry Center is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perry Center
    • Wyoming
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Castile
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Silver Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Newburg
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Newburg is located in Wyoming County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
    • Warsaw
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Yates County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Idaho, with the one closest to Idaho listed first.
    • Vine Valley
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Vine Valley is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vine Valley
    • Rushville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Potter
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Potter is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
    • Italy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Italy is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Italy
    • Yatesville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Yatesville is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
    • Benton Center
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Benton Center is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
    • Bellona
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Penn Yan
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Keuka Park
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Angus
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Angus is located in Yates County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus

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

Cemeteries Near Idaho ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Idaho.

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

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

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

  • Dennison Corners Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Allens Hill Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Pioneer Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Richmond Center Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Rural Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • St. Rose Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • New Methodist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Presbyterian Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Old Methodist Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Ridge Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Union Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Hemlock Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (455 more) ...
    • Short Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Purcell Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • St. Marys Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)

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.<3>

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

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

  • Richmond Mills
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Richmond Mills is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Mills
  • Allens Hill
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Allens Hill is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allens Hill
  • West Bloomfield
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • West Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bloomfield
  • Lima
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lima is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lima
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,008 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lima <1>
  • North Bloomfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • North Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bloomfield
  • Honeoye
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Livonia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Honeoye Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Bristol
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Bristol is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
  • East Bloomfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • East Bloomfield is located in Ontario County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bloomfield
  • South Lima
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • South Lima is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lima
  • Lakeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Conesus Lake Junction
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Conesus Lake Junction is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conesus Lake Junction
    • South Livonia
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • South Livonia is located in Livingston County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Livonia
    • Canadice
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Canadice is located in Ontario County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canadice

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

Newspapers Published in Idaho ...

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 Idaho.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Idaho, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Idaho.

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 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 Idaho:

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>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 Idaho, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Idaho) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.