Idaho County, Idaho Genealogy

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Parent County
1864--Idaho County, Idaho was created 4 February 1864 as an original county. County seat: Grangeville

Places/Localities
The following list of places includes incorporated cities and towns, unincorporated towns and communities, and place names that may have been used in family histories. Some have well-organized records and even have web sites. Some are simply social communities with no official records, but which may be referenced in small-town newspapers. The list is provided to help researchers identify localities within the county. As records or histories of these localities are identified, a page will be added for each of these place names.

This list of places in Idaho County, Idaho was compiled from the Lists of Places in Idaho in Wikipedia and from the map of Idaho County in Virtual Earth.

Cities
Grangeville | Kamiah | Riggins

Other inhabited places
Asbestos Point | Big Cedar | Boles | Burgdorf | Calendar | Caribel | Clark Tree | Clearwater | Concord | Copperville | Cottonwood | Cross Trails | Davidson | Denver | Dixie | Dryden | East Kamiah | Elk City | Elk Summit | Fall Creek | Fenn | Ferdinand | Florence | Fourway Junction | French Creek | Glenwood | Golden | Gold Point | Greencreek | Harpster | Harrisburg | Joseph | Kenterville | Kidder | Kooskia | Lowell | Lucile | Mackay Bar | Midasville | Mount Idaho | Mud Springs | Newsome | Nez Perce Indian Reservation | Nez Perce National Historical Park | Old Golden | Orogrande | Pardee | Pollock | Powell Junction | Red River Hot Springs | Riggins Hot Springs | Sand Spur | Seaburg | Shells Lick | Slate Creek | Smokehouse | Stites | Syringa | Tramway | Warren | Westlake | Whipsaw Saddle | White Bird | Winona | Woodland

Neighboring Counties
Adams | Clearwater | Lemhi | Nez Perce | Valley | Missoula County, Montana | Ravalli County, Montana | Wallowa County, Oregon

Resources
Many of the older court, land, naturalization, probate, pension, and vital records for Idaho County have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and through their family history centers. They are also available at the Idaho State Historical Society's Library in Boise. Details of the county records in these respective institutions can be obtained from their online catalogs or listings. Original records which have been microfilmed and more recent records are in the county courthouse in Grangeville.

Newspapers

 * Cottonwood Chronicle
 * Idaho County Free Press

Web Sites

 * The Idaho County Idaho GenWeb Project, a member of The IDGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
 * Family History Library Catalog