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 Napton (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 Napton. 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 doctors and 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.
Napton is located in Malheur County.
To see how the shape of Oregon's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Malheur County: Canyon (ID), Owyhee (ID), Payette (ID), Washington (ID), Humboldt (NV), Baker, Grant & Harney.
Below are the counties that are near Napton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Napton:
- Malheur County (The home county of Napton)
- The following are listed by their distance from Napton, with the one closest to Napton listed first.
- Adrian
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Owyhee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Owyhee is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
- Nyssa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Vale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ontario
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Harper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ada County (ID)
- Star
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Canyon County (ID)
- The following are listed by their distance from Napton, with the one closest to Napton listed first.
- Wilder
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Roswell
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roswell is located in Canyon County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
- Parma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Apple Valley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Apple Valley is located in Canyon County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Valley
- Greenleaf
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Notus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Huston
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Weitz
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Weitz is located in Canyon County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weitz
- Sand Hollow
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sand Hollow is located in Canyon County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hollow
- Caldwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Riverside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in Canyon County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Middleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Gem County (ID)
- The following are listed by their distance from Napton, with the one closest to Napton listed first.
- Letha
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bramwell
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bramwell is located in Gem County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramwell
- Owyhee County (ID)
- The following are listed by their distance from Napton, with the one closest to Napton listed first.
- Homedale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Marsing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rockville is located in Owyhee County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Payette County (ID)
- The following are listed by their distance from Napton, with the one closest to Napton listed first.
- Buckingham
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Buckingham is located in Payette County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- New Plymouth
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fruitland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Washoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Washoe is located in Payette County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe
- Payette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Napton, see our County-by-County Page for Napton.
Cemeteries Near Napton ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Napton.
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 Napton - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Napton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Napton, with the one closest to Napton listed first.
- Fargo Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wilder Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Wilder Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Wilder (ID).
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80679 <2>
- Roswell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Owyhee Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Parma Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lower Boise Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marsing - Homedale Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Greenleaf Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Nyssa Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Peaceful Valley Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peaceful Valley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Peaceful Valley Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the east of Marsing (ID).
- The Peaceful Valley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Knowlton Heights Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2153586 <2>
- Canyon Hill Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Middleton Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Falk Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
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 Napton in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Napton.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Napton, with the one closest to Napton listed first.
- Owyhee
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Owyhee is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
- Parma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Notus
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Nyssa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Caldwell
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Middleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Rockville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Rockville is located in Owyhee County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
- Vale
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ontario
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Nampa
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Nampa is located in Canyon County (ID)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nampa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,215 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nampa <1>
- Star
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Payette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Napton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Napton.
Newspapers Published in Napton ...
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 53 newspapers that have been published in the area around Napton.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Napton, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Napton.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Napton:
- Websites specific to Oregon
- Pages specific to Malheur County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Ada County
- Canyon County
- Gem County
- Owyhee County
- Payette County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oregon
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Napton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Napton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |