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

Boundary Changes
9 January 1869 -- Lemhi County created from part of Idaho County

26 February 1917 -- Valley County created from parts of Boise and Idaho Counties

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

Former inhabited places, no longer in existence
Freedom, located on Slate Creek where it joins the Salmon River, later became known as Slate Creek. At one time, there was a branch of the Salmon River Stores, which was owned and operated by John Nevin (1871-1917), an Irish immigrant who married Jennie Newman of White Bird, located upriver. All that is left of the location is a forest ranger station, homes, and in the hills above location, the remains of a cemetery.

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.

Cemeteries
The Idaho GenWeb Project, Idaho County has a listing of all Idaho County cemeteries, along with many cemetery photos. In addition, there is a clickable map showing the locations of all the cemeteries.

The following cemeteries of Idaho County have some records in the Idaho State Historical Society Public Archives and Research Library:


 * Battle Ridge Cemetery - SE of Stites
 * Bear grave - mouth of Center Ck.
 * Canfield Cemetery - Doumecq Plains beside old Canfield School
 * Christina C. Sullivan grave - between Kamiah & Kooskia, Hovey residence
 * Clearwater Cemetery - 5 m S of Clearwater General Store
 * Conners & Sword graves - mouth of Robins Ck on Salmon R.
 * Cottonwood Catholic Cemetery - N edge of Cottonwood, N side of road
 * Cottonwood City Cemetery - N edge of Cottonwood, S side of road
 * County Burial Plots - 2 m from Grangeville on Hwy 13 towards Harpster
 * David Kirk grave - upper Kirkwood Bar,Snake R. T26N, R1W, Sec 30
 * Denver Cemetery - about 2 m N of Fenn
 * Dixie Cemetery - Dixie
 * Ezzard Richardson grave - Salmon River
 * Fairview Cemetery - about 3 m NE of Grangeville
 * Ferdinand Cemetery - Ferdinand
 * First Indian Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Kamiah
 * Florence Cemetery - near White Bird and Grangeville
 * Freedom Cemetery (Slate Creek Cemetery) - Slate Creek
 * George Simon(d)s grave - in the corral at Adams Camp T27N, R3E, Sec 23
 * Girton family Cemetery - Camas Prairie, about 3 m from Grangeville
 * Greencreek Cemetery - Greencreek, 6 m NE of Cottonwood
 * Harpster Cemetery - Harpster
 * Jack Ranger grave - 2 m below Boise Bar on Salmon R.
 * Jinkins grave - near Harbison place on Big Mallard Ck
 * John Day Cemetery - about 15 m N of Riggins
 * Joseph Plains Cemetery - Joseph Plains, about 27 m SW of Cottonwood
 * Keuterville Cemetery - Keuterville
 * Kooskia Cemetery (Pine Grove) (Spotted Pony) - Kooskia
 * Meadowcreek Indian Presbyterian Church Cemetery - near Ferdinand on Hwy62
 * Mike Olsen grave - T41N, R11E, Sec 28, Lake Ck.
 * Mt. Idaho Cemetery (Masonic Lodge Cemetery) - near Grangeville, old townsite of Mt. Idaho
 * Mt. Zion Cemetery - E of Winona on Red Rock Road
 * Nancy Goodwin grave - Pickle Point ridge above Harpster
 * Newsome Cemetery (six known burials) - Newsome townsite
 * Oatman Indian Cemetery - Kooskia
 * Poker Kelly grave - N bank of Salmon R., 1 m above Kelly-Squaw Ck
 * Prairie View Cemetery - Grangeville
 * Riggins Cemetery - Riggins
 * Salmon River memorial (Fosskett memorial) - 12 m S of Whitebird on US 95
 * Secech Meadows Cemetery - Secech Meadows townsite, T22N, R5E, Sec. 10
 * South Fork grave sites - South Fork Salmon River
 * Staford (father) grave - McComas Meadows near Harpster
 * Staford (son) grave - near old Pat Kincaid homestead cabin
 * Stites I.O.O.F. Cemetery - Stites
 * Tahoe Ridge Cemetery (Mountain Rest Cemetery) - near Kooskia
 * Warren Cemetery - Warren
 * Whitebird Cemetery - Whitebird
 * William Rhodes grave - T38N, R13E, Sec 17, head of Silver Ck
 * Winona Cemetery - just W of Winona townsite
 * Woodland Cemetery - about 12 m N of Kamiah, Friends Church

Census
For a summary of census records for the state of Idaho, see Idaho Census Records.

The 1890 federal census for Idaho was destroyed. However, the Idaho State Historical Society Public Archives and Research Library is creating a list of 1890 Idaho residents by indexing a variety of records, 1885-1894. This reconstructed list will substitute for the destroyed 1890 federal census. Idaho County is included in this reconstructed census.

History
An excellent brief history of Idaho County is available on the official website of the county.

Land
Included with the standard county land records are Indian patents, 1895-1909, mostly for some of the Nez Perce Indians.

Maps

 * An 1895 map of Idaho and surrounding counties is available online.
 * A digital Idaho County Idaho map is available online.

Military
World War I draft registration cards, 1917-1918, for Idaho County have been microfilmed. Copies of these records are available at the Family History Library (their microfilm number 1452216) 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.

Naturalization
The original naturalization records of Idaho County that have been transferred to the Idaho State Historical Society' Library in Boise have been indexed in their Index to Naturalizations.

Current

 * Cottonwood Chronicle
 * Idaho County Free Press

Web Sites

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