Castle Creek, Owyhee County, Idaho Genealogy

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Geographic location
Castle Creek valley is about fifteen miles long and one to two miles wide, watered by Castle Creek, in north-central Owyhee County, south of Oreana.

Resources
Many of the records for the residents of the Castle Creek area, such as deeds, probate records, homestead records, etc., are a part of the records of Owyhee County. Since those records cover the entire county, they are discussed on the county page.

Census
A list of the residents of the Castle Creek area of Owyhee County for 1900 is available online at the Owyhee County GenWeb site, where it can be compared to the residents of the area in 1898, from the directory cited below.

Directories
A directory of the residents and businesses of Silver City in 1898 is included in A Historical, Descriptive and Commercial Directory of Owyhee County, Idaho. A copy of the directory is in the Idaho State Archives, the Owyhee County Museum, and other Idaho libraries. It is also through the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City and its many family history centers, and online.

A list of the residents of the Castle Creek area in 1898 has been abstracted from the directory and is available online at the Owyhee County GenWeb site.

The Gem State Rural's 1918-19 Farm Directory of Owyhee County Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon is available online. It lists landowners by town, including those owning land in these two counties, but residing elsewhere. The amount of acreage owned, the location of the land, and a list of crops raised on each farm is also included. The resident land owners of the Castle Creek area are listed on pages 33-34.

History
Castle Creek valley is a farming area in north-central Owyhee County. The valley is about fifteen miles long and one to two miles wide and is watered by Castle Creek. It is primarily devoted to stock raising and farming.

Castle Creek was also a census precinct from 1890 thru 1932. It was organized from part of Sinker Creek precinct between 1890 and 1900 and was annexed to Oreana precinct in 1932.