Latah County, Idaho Genealogy

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Latah County Latah County

Parent County
1888--Latah County was created 14 May 1888 from Nez Perce County. County seat:  Moscow

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

Cities
Moscow | Potlatch | Troy

Other inhabited places
Avon | Blaine | Bovard | Bovill | Cora | Cornell | Cornwall | Crescent | Deary | Estes | Genesee | Hampton | Harvard | Helmer | Howell | Joel | Juliaetta | Kendrick | Kennedy Ford | Linden | Onaway | Park | Potlatch Junction | Princeton | Purdue | Sherwin | Stanford | University | Vassar | Viola | Yale

Neighboring Counties
Benewah | Clearwater | Nez Perce | Shoshone | Whitman County, Washington

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

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


 * American Ridge Cemetery - N of Juliaetta on lower American Ridge Rd
 * Avon Cemetery - SE of Avon
 * Bethany Lutheran Cemetery - 5.6 m NE of Kendrick on Bear Ridge
 * Bethel Cemetery - between Troy and Kendrick, mile post 7
 * Blaine Road Family Cemetery (two burials) - Moscow
 * Bovill Cemetery - W of Bovill
 * Buchanan Cemetery - about 2 m S of Joel
 * Buelah Cemetery - Troy
 * Burnt Ridge Cemetery - E of Troy on Burnt Ridge Road
 * Cordelia Lutheran Churchyard Cemetery (four graves) - about 2.5 m S of Joel
 * Dry Creek Cemetery - between Troy and Deary
 * Elwood Cemetery - SE of Deary on Texas Ridge Road
 * Fix Ridge Cemetery - NE of Genesee
 * Freeze Cemetery - 2.5 m N of Potlatch junction on Hwy 95
 * Genesee City Cemetery - Genesee
 * Genesee Valley Lutheran Cemetery - 4 m N of Genesee junction on Hwy 95
 * Gold Hill Cemetery - about 11 m E of Kendrick off of Cedar Creek Road
 * Juliaetta Cemetery - just N of Juliaetta
 * Little Bear Cemetery - between Troy and Kendrick on Little Bear Ridge
 * Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery - Moscow
 * Moose Creek Road Cemetery - Bovill
 * Moscow Cemetery - Moscow
 * Mtn View (incl. old burials from EA Breeding farm in Latah Co.) - S of Farminton, Whitman Co., WA
 * Old Ross Family Cemetery (Yellow Rose Cemetery) - Lenville district
 * Onaway Cemetery - Onaway
 * Overacker Cemetery - about 7 m E of Genesee
 * Park Cemetery - about 8 m S of Helmer on Park Road
 * Pine Crest Cemetery - Deary
 * Potlatch Cemetery - Potlatch
 * Rock Creek Cemetery - 3.2 m SE of Potlatch
 * Spencer Cemetery - near Troy
 * St John's Lutheran Cemetery - Genesee
 * St Mary's Catholic Cemetery - Genesee
 * Thorncreek Cemetery - abt 8 m S of Moscow on road to Uniontown, WA
 * Viola Cemetery - Viola
 * Wild Rose Cemetery - 7 m NE of Kendrick
 * Woodfell-Mendenhall Cemetery - abt 5.5 m N of Harvard on Hwy 6
 * Zion Lutheran Cemetery - Deary

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

The 1890 federal census for Idaho was destroyed. However, the Idaho State Historical Society Public Archives and Research Library is creating a list of 1890 Idaho residents by indexing a variety of records, 1885-1894. This reconstructed list will substitute for the destroyed 1890 federal census. Latah County is included in this reconstructed census.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)
The following is the only local congregation (ward) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which existed in Latah County, Idaho prior to 1950. Many of the original records of 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.


 * Moscow

Maps

 * An 1895 map of Latah and surrounding counties is available online.
 * A digital Latah County Idaho map is available online.

Military
World War I draft registration cards, 1917-1918, for Latah County have been microfilmed. Copies of these records are available at the Family History Library (their microfilm numbers 1452217 and 1452218) and are also available online at Ancestry.com, for a subscription fee. The original cards are maintained in the Southeast Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in East Point, Georgia and have been microfilmed by the National Archives as their Microcopy M1509.

Current

 * Daily News
 * LatahEagle

Societies and Libraries
Latah County Historical Society and the McConnell Museum

Web Sites

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