Lewis County, Idaho Genealogy

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Parent County
1911--Lewis County was created 3 March 1911 from Nez Perce County. County seat: Nezperce

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

Cities
Craigmont | Kamiah | Nezperce | Winchester

Other inhabited places
Clicks | Craig Junction | Fletcher | Forest | Harris Siding | Kippen | Mohler | Morrow | Nez Perce Indian Reservation | Nucrag | Reubens | Slickpoo | Suckpoo

Neighboring Counties
Clearwater | Idaho | Nez Perce |

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

Web Sites

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