Homedale, Owyhee County, Idaho Genealogy

Homedale is a small farming community and city in the northwestern corner of Owyhee County, Idaho.

Cemeteries
Homedale has no cemetery within its city boundaries. Early settlers were often buried in the Wilder Cemetery in Canyon County or in the cemeteries in Caldwell or Nampa, also in Canyon County. A new cemetery was established in the 1960s, located about half-way between Homedale and Marsing, called the Marsing-Homedale Cemetery. Many of the former residents of the Homedale area are now buried there.

Newspapers
Several newspapers have been published in Homedale. Copies of the following are included in the collections of the Idaho State Historical Society in Boise.

Homedale Empire Press -- 12 Feb. 1914 through 24 Nov. 1922 Homedale Empire Press -- issues of 2 Sep. 1915, 9 Sep. 1915, 14 Oct. 1915, and 28 Aug. 1919 Owyhee Chronicle -- 30 Apr. 1931 through 26 Dec. 1984 Homedale News -- 13 Aug. 1948 and 20 Aug. 1948 Owyhee County -- issues of Nov. 1956 and Nov. 1958 Owyhee Chronicle -- 28 Jan. 1971 through 6 Dec. 1979 Owyhee Avalanche -- 2 Jan. 1985 to present

School Records
The Idaho State Historical Society has a copy of the Homedale High School yearbook, called The Pioneer, for 1940-1941.

Web Sites
Wikipedia page for Homedale.