Elmore County, Idaho Genealogy

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History

 * Named for Ida Elmore mines, the area's greatest silver and gold producer in 1860s.
 * The Oregon Trail crossed the Snake River near Glenns Ferry.

Parent County
7 February 1889: Elmore County, Idaho was created from Ada and Alturas Counties.

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

Populated Places

 * Cities: Glenns Ferry | Mountain Home


 * Unincorporated Communities: Alturas City | Anderson Dam | Atlanta | Castle Rocks | Chalk Cut | Cleft | Dixie | Emigrant Crossing | Featherville | Hammett | King Hill | Mayfield | Mountain Home Air Force Base | Paradise Hot Springs | Pilgrim Stage Station Historic Site | Pine | Prairie | Reclamation Village | Reverse | Rocky Bar | Sand Bank | Sebree | Spanish Town | Steamboat Rock | Stout Crossing

Neighboring Counties
Ada | Blaine | Boise | Camas | Custer | Gooding | Owyhee | Twin Falls

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Glenn's Ferry
 * Mountain Home

Web Sites

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