Twin Falls County, Idaho Genealogy

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Parent County
1907--Twin Falls County was created 21 February 1907 from Cassia County. County seat: Twin Falls

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

Cities
Buhl | Filer | Kimberly | Twin Falls

Other inhabited places
Amsterdam | Artesian City | Berger | Bickel | Bills | Castleford | Cedar | Clover | Curry | Deep Creek | Fairview | Godwin | Hansen | Hollister } Idavada | Knull | McMillan | Meteor | Milner | Murtaugh | Parsons | Peavey | Rock Creek | Rogerson | Roseworth | Sully | Tuanna Crossing | Twin Falls City-County Airport

Neighboring Counties
Cassia | Elmore | Gooding | Jerome | Owyhee | Elko County, Nevada

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

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 Twin Falls 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.

Newspapers

 * Buhl Herald
 * Times-News

Web Sites

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