Marsing, Owyhee County, Idaho Genealogy

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Former name:
The area around present-day Marsing was originall known as the Henderson Flats. The area west of Marsing was also known as Claytonia.

Geographic location:
Marsing is a city in the northwestern corner of Owyhee County, Idaho.

City Hall
Marsing City Hall 425 S. Main St. Marsing, ID 83639 Phone 208-896-4122

Cemeteries
Marsing has no cemetery within its city boundaries. Early settlers were often buried in the cemeteries in Caldwell or Nampa, in Canyon County. A new cemetery was established in the 1960s, located about half-way between Homedale and Marsing, called the Marsing-Homedale Cemetery. Many of the former residents of the Marsing area are now buried there.

Directories
The Idaho State Archives has a collection of city, county, state and regional directories.

History
In about 1887, the Froman Ferry was established to cross the Snake River about two miles downstream from the location of the present-day Marsing bridge. Another ferry, upstream from that bridge, was also established and originally call the Henderson Ferry (later referred to as the Nampa Ferry).

A Bedford Cabin school, located between the Froman and Henderson Ferries, existed in the early years of the settlement. A later school was called the Eidson School, which also no longer exists.

The Gem Irrigation District began delivering irrigation water from the Snake River to the area in 1909.

A site near the Nampa Ferry was selected for the construction of a bridge across the Snake River and a town site was platted on the south side of the river in 1920. That town was named Marsing, for an early settler with that surname.

A post office was opened in Marsing in 1921 and the Oregon Short Line Railroad extended its branch from Homedale to Marsing in 1922.

Newspapers
The Idaho State Archives has copies of the following newspapers, published in Marsing.

Marsing Chronicle -- 5 Feb. 1942 through 7 Aug. 1952 Owyhee Nugget -- 30 May 1940 through 31 Dec 1984 Owyhee Enterprise -- 6 Nov. 1987 through 12 May 1989

Web Sites
Wikipedia page for Marsing.