Clark County, Idaho Genealogy

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Parent County
1919--Clark County was created 1 February 1919 from Fremont County. County seat: Dubois

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

Cities
Dubois

Other inhabited places
Argora | Blue Dome | Eighteen Mile | Humphrey | Idmon | Kilgore | Lidy Hot Springs | Lone Pine | Old Beaver | Reno | Small | Spencer | Winsper

Neighboring Counties
Butte | Fremont | Jefferson | Lemhi | Beaverhead County, Montana

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

Cemeteries
The following cemeteries of Clark County have some records in the Idaho State Historical Society Public Archives and Research Library:


 * Beaver Canyon Cemetery (2 marked graves) - past Spencer towards Monida Pass
 * Dubois Cemetery - Dubois
 * Old Kilgore Cemetery - 1 m N and .5 m W of Spencer-Kilgore junction
 * Reno Family Cemetery (2 graves) - Reno Point
 * Second Kilgore Cemetery - 1 m W of Spencer-Kilgore junction on road to Spencer
 * Small Cemetery - in lower Medicine Lodge Canyon area
 * Spencer Cemetery - Spencer

Census
For a summary of census records for the state of Idaho, see Idaho Census Records.

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 Clark 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.


 * Camas
 * Kilgore
 * Woodrow

Maps

 * A digital Clark County Idaho map is available online.
 * Map of Clark County, Idaho is available online.

Military
Because Clark County was not formed until 1919, those who were of military draft age for World War I were included in the draft registration records of Fremont County, the parent county of Clark.

Vital Records
Eastern Idaho Death Index

Web Sites

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