Washington County, Idaho Genealogy

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County Courthouse
256 East Court Weiser, ID 83672-0670

Quick History
Wikipedia

Named for George Washington, first President of the United States of America.

Parent County
20 February 1879: Washington County was created from Boise County.

Boundary Changes
3 March 1911: Adams County set off.

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

Cities
Cambridge | Midvale | Weiser

Other inhabited places
Barton | Cobb | Concrete | Crystal | Diamond | Eaton | Feltham | Jonathan | Mineral | Presley | Rebecca | Rock Island

Neighboring Counties
Adams | Gem | Payette | Oregon counties: Baker | Malheur

Resources
Many of the older court, land, naturalization, probate, pension, and vital records for Washington 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 Weiser.

Church History and Records (Rural)
Please refer to the cities for local churches.

Military
World War I draft registration cards, 1917-1918, for Washington County have been microfilmed. Copies of these records are available at the Family History Library (their microfilm number 1452223) and are also available online at Ancestry.com, for a subscription fee. The original cards are maintained in the Southeast Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in East Point, Georgia and have been microfilmed by the National Archives as their Microcopy M1509.

Newspapers

 * Upper County Reporter
 * Weiser Signal - American

Web Sites

 * The Washington County ID GenWeb Project, a member of The IDGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Washington County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Washington County. (backup site)
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Washington County.