Blaine County, Idaho Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Blaine County, Idaho

Parent County
1895--Blaine County, Idaho was created 5 March 1895 from Alturas County. County seat: Hailey

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

Cities
Bellevue | Carey | Hailey | Ketchum | Sun Valley

Unincorporated Communities
Barite | Boulder | Broadford | Cathedral Pines | Clarendon Hot Springs | Craters of the Moon National Monument | Cream Can Junction | DeWoff | Doniphan | Easley Hot Springs | Galena | Gannett | Gimlet | Hawley | Hay | Hot Spring Landing | Magic City | Magic Resort | Muldoon | Picabo | Sawtooth City | Smith Springs | Tikura | Triumph | Wapi

Neighboring Counties
Bingham | Boise | Butte | Camas | Cassia | Custer | Elmore | Lincoln | Minidoka | Power

Resources
Many of the older court, land, naturalization, probate, pension, and vital records for Blaine County have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and 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 Hailey.

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 Blaine 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

 * Mountain Express

Web Sites

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