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

Resources
Many of the older court, land, naturalization, probate, pension, and vital records for Elmore 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 Mountain Home.

Cemeteries
Anderson Dam Cemetery (This may be the Pine Cemetery - no reference)

Atlanta Cemetery, Atlanta

Glenns Rest Cemetery, Glenns Ferry

Henry Dare Grave, Left of road 6 mi. from Featherville toward Pine

King Hill Cemetery, King Hill

Mayfield Cemetery, Mayfield

Mountain View Cemetery, 725 N. 18th East Street Mountain Home, ID 83647

Pine Cemetery, (relocated due to Anderson Ranch Dam) Pine

Prairie Cemetery, Prairie

Rocky Bar Cemetery, Rocky Bar

Wide West Cemetery, Abt. 6 mi. east of rocky Bar towards Featherville

These cemeteries have been indexed. Some indexes are online. All indexes are available at FHC, Mountain Home, Idaho Stake.

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. Elmore County is included in this reconstructed census.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)
The following are local congregations (wards) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which existed in Canyon County, Idaho prior to 1950. Many of the original records of these church units are in the Historical Library in Salt Lake City. Many of the membership records covering these units from the date of their creation to about 1948 have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.


 * Glenn's Ferry
 * Mountain Home

Military
World War I draft registration cards, 1917-1918, for Elmore County have been microfilmed. Copies of these records are available at the Family History Library (their microfilm number 1452214) 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
The original naturalization records of Elmore County that have been transferred to the Idaho State Historical Society' Library in Boise have been indexed in their Index to Naturalizations.

Current

 * Mountain Home News

Web Sites

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