Boise County, Idaho Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Boise County

Parent County
1864 -- Boise County, Idaho was created 4 February 1864 from the Idaho Territory. County seat: Idaho City

Boundary Changes
22 December 1864 -- Ada County created from a portion of Boise County

20 February 1879 -- Washington County created from a portion of Boise County

15 March 1915 -- Gem County created from portion of Boise County and Canyon County

26 February 1917 -- Valley County created from a portion of Boise County

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

Populated Places

 * Cities: Crouch | Horseshoe Bend | Idaho City | Placerville


 * Unincorporated Communties: Banks | Banner | Bear Creek Summer Home Area | Big Eddy | Brownlee | Camp Creek Summer Home Area | Centerville | Garden Valley | Gardena | Graham | Grandjean | Granite | Grimes Pass | Hardscrabble Campground | Howell | Long Creek Summit Home | Lowman | New Centerville | Pioneerville | Quartzburg | Star Ranch Summer Home Area | Steirman | Tenmile Summer Home Area | Twin Springs | Washington Mill

Neighboring Counties
Ada | Blaine | Custer | Elmore | Gem | Valley

Resources
Many of the older court, land, naturalization, probate, pension, and vital records for Boise 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 Idaho City.

Cemeteries
The following cemeteries of Boise County have been identified and some of their records located:

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. Boise County is included in this reconstructed census.

Maps

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

Military
World War I draft registration cards, 1917-1918, for Boise County have been microfilmed. Copies of these records are available at the Family History Library (their microfilm number 1452110) 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.

Naturalization and Citizenship
Records of the naturalization of people born outside of the United States were often kept in the county courthouses of the respective counties of Idaho. Two volumes of Boise County naturalization records are included in a Naturalization Index at the Idaho State Historical Library in Boise, available online.

Current

 * Idaho World

Taxation
Any existing tax assessment rolls for Boise County should be in the courthouse in Idaho City and would need to be accessed by visiting there.

Web Sites

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