Cambridge, Washington County, Idaho Genealogy

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City Hall
Cambridge City Hall 80 S Superior St Cambridge, Idaho, US 83610

Telephone: 208-257-3318

Baptist
First Baptist Church‎ 170 West Hopper Avenue Cambridge, ID 83610

(208) 257-3335

Current
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints‎ 35 North 2nd Street Cambridge, ID 83610

(208) 257-3737

Historical
Many of the original records of church units are in the Church History 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 or at its Family History Centers. Records of the Cambridge Ward(1891-1948) are found in this collection.

Seventh Day Adventist
Seventh-Day Adventist Church‎ 2787 U.S. 95 Cambridge, ID 83610

(208) 257-3374

Other
Assembly of God Church‎ 15 South 3rd Street Cambridge, ID 83610

(208) 257-3582

Cambridge Bible Church‎ Cemetery Road Cambridge, ID 83610

(208) 257-3364

Directories
The Idaho State Archives has in its collections city, county, state and regional directories.

Funeral Homes
Check the towns of Payette, Weiser and Ontario, Washington for funeral home possibilities

History
Fred H. Aldous, William C. Jackson and Cyrus Coffin arrived on Nine Mile Creek in 1870, on which Cambridge in located. In 1891 Nine Mile Creek constituted a part of Marsh Valley. On Nov 4, 1891 the town was named Cambridge after Cambridge in England.

Additional history of Cambridge, Idaho and the early Mormon settlers there can be found in: Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Company, 1941, p. 111.

Newspapers
Copies of the following newspapers published in Cambridge are included in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise.

Cambridge news -- 1914:1:2 -1923:11:30 Citizen -- 1891:6:18-1896:12:18  News -- 1915:9:10-1922:8:25  Upper county news-reporter -- 1923:12: 7-1992:12:30