Bonneville County, Idaho Genealogy

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Parent County
1911--Bonneville County was created 7 February 1911 from Bingham County. County seat: Idaho 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 Bonneville County, Idaho was compiled from the Lists of Places in Idaho in Wikipedia and from the map of Bonneville County in Virtual Earth.

Cities
Ammon | Idaho Falls | Iona | Irwin | Ririe | Swan Valley | Ucon

Unincorporated Place
Antelope | Bach | Beachs Corner | Bone | Caribou City | Coltman | Cotton | Dehlin | Eagle Rock | Fanning Field | Gerrard | Grant | Gray | Guyaz | Hackman | Herman | Hillview | Indian | Keenan City | Lincoln | Lincoln Junction | Milo | New Sweden | Orvin | Osgood | Palisades | Payne | Poplar | Saint Leon | Shelton | Skyline | St. Leon | Taylor Taylorville |

Neighboring Counties
Bingham | Caribou | Jefferson | Madison | Teton | Lincoln County, Wyoming | Teton County, Wyoming

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

Cemeteries
Ammon Cemetery


 * 5250 E Sunnyside Rd, Ammon, ID 83406
 * Find-a-Grave

Fielding Memorial Park Cemetery


 * 4602 South Yellowstone Highway, Idaho Falls, ID 83401
 * (208) 529-1487
 * Find-a-Grave

Grays Lake Cemetery


 * Gray, Idaho
 * Find-a-Grave

Iona Cemetery


 * 4900 1st Street, Idaho Falls, ID 83401
 * Find-a-Grave

Lincoln Cemetery


 * Corner of Lincoln Rd and 25th Street, Idaho Falls, ID
 * Find-a-Grave

Milo Cemetery


 * Corner of N 80th E and E 129th N, Milo, ID
 * Find-a-Grave

New Sweden Cemetery


 * On W 33rd S just west of s 35th W (New Sweden School Road), Idaho Falls, ID
 * Find-a-Grave

Rose Hill Cemetery


 * 2355 Rollandet Street, Idaho Falls, ID 82402
 * (208) 612-8488
 * Find-a-Grave

Ririe-Shelton Cemetery


 * On E 129th N just off Highway 26 (Swan Valley Highway), Ririe, Idaho
 * Find-a-Grave

Swan Valley Cemetery


 * Irwin, ID
 * Find-a-Grave

Taylor Cemetery


 * On E 129th S east of S 1st E, Taylorville, ID
 * Find-a-Grave

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 Bonneville 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
Records including, with some gaps, civil cases (1911-1929) and criminal cases (1916-1923) have been transferred to the State Archives in Boise.

Newspapers

 * Post Register - 1931-Present
 * Daily Post - ?-1931
 * Times-Register - ?-1931

Probate
Case files from 1907 to 1960 have been transferred to the State Historical Society in Boise. The state archives inventory indicates that there may be gaps (as of 8 Jan 2002).

Vital Records:
12,603 marriages for this county from 22 Feb 1911 to 15 Sep 1955 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index

Extensive cemetery, death and burial information can be found on the Eastern Idaho Death Index. For an index to death certificates from the State see Idaho Death Index (1911-1956).

Web Sites

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