Bannock County, Idaho Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Bannock County, Idaho

Quick History
Wikipedia

Bannock County was named for the Bannock Indians who reside in the area.

Parent Counties
6 March 1893: Bannock County, Idaho was created from Bear Lake and Bingham Counties, Idaho. .

Boundary Changes
11 February 1919: Caribou County was created in 1919 from Bannock County.

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

Cities
Arimo | Chubbuck | Downey | Fort Hall | Inkom | Lava Hot Springs | McCammon | Pocatello

Other inhabited places
Bannock | Blackrock | Blaser | Cambridge | Downata Hot Springs | Hawkins | Marsh Valley | Montana Junction | Portneuf | Red Rock Junction | Robin | Swan Lake | Topaz | Tyhee | Virginia | Zenda

Former inhabited places, no longer in existence
Alameda | Fairview | North Pocatello | Marsh Center | Virginia

Indian Reservation
Fort Hall

Neighboring Counties
Bingham | Caribou | Franklin | Oneida | Power

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

Cemeteries
There are a number of cemeteries in Bannock County. Those that have been identified are listed below, with their location and any links to abstracts of their records. See the web site entitled Cemeteries of Bannock County Idaho

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)
The following are local congregations (wards) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which existed in Bannock County, Idaho prior to 1950. Many of the original records of these church units are in the Historical Library in Salt Lake City. Many of the membership records covering these units from the date of their creation to about 1948 have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Court
Some of the early court records of Bannock County, Idaho have been microfilmed and are available at the Idaho State Historical Society Library and Archives in Boise. The records filmed are for about 1891 through 1950 and include civil suits, divorce papers, and judgement dockets. Copies of these microfilmed court records are also available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Additional court records and more recent records are housed at the courthouse in Pocatello.

Land
Many of the early land records of Bannock County have been microfilmed, including homestead patents (1880 to 1945) and deeds (about 1883 to 1927). Microfilm copies of the records are available at the Idaho State Historical Society Library and Archives in Boise and at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Original copies of these and later records are housed at the courthouse in Pocatello.

Local Histories
Saunders, Arthur C. The History of Bannock County, Idaho. Pocatello: The Tribune Company, 1915

The History of Bannock County, Idaho: 1893-1993. 4 vols. 1994.

Military
World War I draft registration cards, 1917-1918, for Bannock County have been microfilmed. Copies of these records are available at the Family History Library (their microfilm numbers 1452106-1452108) 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.

A record of military servicemen from Bannock County, 1940-1946, has been microfilmed and is available at the Idaho State Historical Society Library and Archives in Boise and at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Naturalization and Citizenship
Naturalization and citizenship records for Bannock County, 1893-1945, have been microfilmed and are available at the Idaho State Historical Society in Boise and at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Newspapers
Newspapers have been published in several of the cities and towns of Bannock County for varying time periods. Copies of some issues are held by the Idaho State Historical Society Library in Boise. They have compiled a list by towns within the state. Bannock County towns represented in this collection include Pocatello, Aberdeen, Alameda, Downey, Lava Hot Springs, and McCammon.

Copies of the Idaho State Journal for Oct. 1949 through Dec. 1977, published in Pocatello, are also available online at Ancestry.com, a subscription website.

Probate
The wills, 1888-1955, and an index to estates and guardianships prior to 1919 for Bannock County have been microfilmed and are available at the Idaho State Historical Society Library and Archives in Boise and at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Other probate files remain with the county courthouse in Pocatello.

Vital Records
Records of births and deaths kept at the county level, 1905-1915, have been microfilmed and are available at the Idaho State Historical Society Library in Boise and at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Later vital records were kept by the State of Idaho, some of which have been indexed and are available online (see Idaho Death Index website).

8,843 marriages from 1 Jan 1892 to 4 Apr 1937 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

A considerable number of Bannock County deaths are listed in the Eastern Idaho Death Index

Societies and Libraries
Bannock County Historical Society 105 S. Garfield Pocatello, ID 83201

Idaho State University Department of Special Collections and University Archives Manuscript Collection 850 S. 9th Ave. Pocatello, ID 83209

South Bannock County Historical Center 110 East Main Lava Hot Springs, ID 83246

Web Sites

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