Boundary County, Idaho Genealogy

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Parent County
1915--Boundary County, Idaho was created 23 January 1915 from Bonner County. Named because it borders on Canada. County seat: Bonners Ferry

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

Populated Places

 * Cities: Bonners Ferry | Moyie Springs


 * Unincorporated Communities: Addie | Allens Spur | Boulder City | Burns | Copeland | Crossport | Deep Creek | Eastport | Eileen | Good Grief | Katka | Kootenai Indian Reservation | Leonia | McArthur | Meadow Creek | Moravia | Naples | Porthill | Ritz | Saddler | Schnoors | Seelovers Spur | Shiloh | Sinclair | Threemile Corner

Neighboring Counties
Bonner | Lincoln County, Montana | Pend Oreille County, Washington | Alberta, Canada

Resources
Many of the older court, land, naturalization, probate, pension, and vital records for Boundary 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 which have been microfilmed and more recent records are in the county courthouse in Bonners Ferry.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)
The following local congregation (ward) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints existed in Boundary County, Idaho prior to 1950. Many of the original records of 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.


 * Bonner's Ferry

Web Sites

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