Benewah County, Idaho Genealogy

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Parent County
1915--Benewah County, Idaho was created 23 January 1915 from Kootenai County. County seat: Saint Maries. Named after a chief of the Coeur d'Alene Indian tribe.

Populated Places

 * Cities: Parkline | Plummer | Saint Maries | Tensed


 * Communities: Alder Creek | Benewah | Butler Bay | Cardwell | Chat’u’washa’lqs Bluff | Chatcolet | Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation | De Smet | Emida | Fernwood | Flat Creek | Hawleys Landing | Jims Spur | Lotus | Mashburn | Meadowhurst | Milltown | Mowry | North South Skil Bowl | Omega | Pedee | Plummer Junction | Ramsdell | Renfrew | Riverdale | Rocky Point | Rover | Saint Joe | Sanders | Santa | Silvertip Landing | Tyson Creek Station | Wayland | Willard

Neighboring Counties
Kootenai | Latah | Shoshone | Washington counties: Spokane | Whitman

Resources
Many of the older court, land, naturalization, probate, pension, and vital records for Benewah 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 Saint Maries.

Web Sites

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