Payette County, Idaho Genealogy

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Parent County
1917--Payette County was created 28 February 1917 from Canyon County and was named for the French fur trapper who worked for the Hudson's Bay Company named Francois Payette. County seat:  Payette

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

Cities
Fruitland | New Plymouth | Payette

Other inhabited places
Buckingham | Eiffie | Fort Wilson | Hamilton Corner | Ingard | Palisades Corner | Payette Heights | Ramey | Sand Hollow | Washoe } Wood

Neighboring Counties
Canyon | Gem | Washington | Malheur County, Oregon

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

Newspapers

 * Independent Enterprise

Web Sites

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