Canyon County, Idaho Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Canyon County

Parent County
1891--Canyon County was created 7 March 1891 from Ada County. County seat: Caldwell

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

Cities
Caldwell | Greenleaf | Melba | Middleton | Nampa | Notus | Parma | Wilder

Other inhabited places
Allendale | Aluma | Amsco | Apple Valley | Bowmont | Central Cove | Deal | Doles | Enrose | Fargo | Fischer | Huston | Josephson | Kartchner Junction | Kings Corner | Knowlton Heights | Maddens | Mangum | Melmont | Midway | Moss | Riverside | Rookstool Corner | Roswell | Simplot | Stoddard | Sunny Slope | Swartz Corner | Tiegs Corner | Underkoflers Corner | Walters Ferry | Warrens | Washoe Spur | Weitz | Westma

Neighboring Counties
Ada | Gem | Owyhee | Payette | Malheur County, Oregon

Resources
Many of the older court, land, naturalization, probate, pension, and vital records for Canyon 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 of those which have been microfilmed and of more recent records are in the county courthouse in Caldwwell.

Cemeteries
There are a number of cemeteries in Canyon County. Those that have been identified are listed below, with their location and any links to abstracts of their records.

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Caldwell
 * Melba
 * Nampa
 * Nampa 1
 * Nampa 2
 * Nampa 3
 * Nampa 4
 * Parma

Web Sites

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