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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 Moose Wilson Road (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 Moose Wilson Road. 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 Moose Wilson Road ...

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.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Moose Wilson Road: Moose Wilson Rd.

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 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.

Moose Wilson Road is located in Teton County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Teton County: Bonneville (ID), Fremont (ID), Teton (ID), Gallatin (MT), Fremont, Lincoln, Park & Sublette.

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

  • Teton County     (The home county of Moose Wilson Road)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moose Wilson Road, with the one closest to Moose Wilson Road listed first.
    • Wilson
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Teton Village
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jackson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Rafter J Ranch
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Rafter J Ranch is located in Teton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rafter J Ranch
    • South Park
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • South Park is located in Teton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Park
    • Moose
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Kelly
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Hoback
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Alta
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Moran
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Colter Bay Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Colter Bay Village is located in Teton County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colter Bay Village
      • Colter Bay Village has also been known as:
      • Colter Bay
  • Lincoln County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moose Wilson Road, with the one closest to Moose Wilson Road listed first.
    • Alpine Northeast
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Alpine Northeast is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Northeast
    • Alpine Northwest
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Alpine Northwest is located in Lincoln County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Northwest
    • Alpine
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Bonneville County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moose Wilson Road, with the one closest to Moose Wilson Road listed first.
    • Palisades
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Palisades is located in Bonneville County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
    • Irwin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Irwin is located in Bonneville County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irwin <1>
    • Swan Valley
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Teton County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Moose Wilson Road, with the one closest to Moose Wilson Road listed first.
    • The String
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • The String is located in Teton County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The String
    • Victor
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Victor is located in Teton County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,563 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Victor <1>
    • Chapin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Chapin is located in Teton County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapin
    • Fox Creek
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Fox Creek is located in Teton County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
    • Aline ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Aline is located in Teton County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aline
    • Driggs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Driggs is located in Teton County (ID)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driggs
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,836 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Driggs <1>
    • Tetonia
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Felt
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Moose Wilson Road ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Moose Wilson Road.

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 Moose Wilson Road - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Elliott Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Aspen Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • South Park Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Kelly Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Victor Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Driggs - Darby Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pratt Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Pratt Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the northeast of Alta.
    • The Pratt Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Alta Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #467387 <2>
  • Driggs Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedron Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Swan Valley Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Bates Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cache Clawson Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (4 more) ...
    • Allen Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Allen Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the northwest of Moran.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1552624 <2>
    • Haden Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Felt Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Moose Wilson Road ...

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 5 newspapers that have been published in the area around Moose Wilson Road.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Moose Wilson Road, there are papers which were published within 5 miles [8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Moose Wilson Road.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with 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 Moose Wilson Road:

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- Moose Wilson Road) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.