Fremont County, Idaho Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Fremont County

Parent County
1893--Fremont County, Idaho was created 4 March 1893 from parts of Bingham and Lemhi Counties. County seat: St. Anthony

Boundary Changes
18 February 1913 -- Jefferson County created from part of Fremont County

18 February 1913 -- Madison County created from part of Fremont County

26 January 1915 -- Teton County created from parts of Bingham, Fremont, and Madison Counties

1 February 1919 -- Clark County created from part of Fremont County

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

Cities
Ashton | Island Park | Macks Inn | Saint Anthony

Other inhabited places
Big Springs | Box Canyon | Chester | Drummond | Eccles | Egin | France | Gerrit | Grainville | Heman | Jenkins Will | Lake | Lamont | Last Chance } Last Chance Resort | Marysville | Newdale | Parker | Pineview | Ponds Resort | Pyke | Squirrel | Staley Springs | Teton | Trude | Twin Groves | Warm River | Wilford | Yellowstone National Park

Neighboring Counties
Clark | Jefferson | Madison | Teton | Beaverhead County, Montana | Gallatin County, Montana | Madison County, Montana | Teton County, Wyoming

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

Cemeteries
Parker Cemetery PO Box 195 Parker, Idaho 83438 (208)624-3908

The following cemeteries of Fremont County have some records in the Idaho State Historical Society Public Archives and Research Library:


 * Ashton Cemetery - Ashton
 * Chester Cemetery - Chester
 * Farnum Cemetery - Farnum
 * Heise Cemetery
 * Henry’s Lake Cemetery (Targhee Cemetery) (private) - Henry's Lake
 * Parker Cemetery - Parker
 * Riverside Cemetery - St. Anthony
 * Squirrel Cemetery - Squirrel
 * Wilford Cemetery - Wilford, SE of St. Anthony

Census
For a summary of census records for the state of Idaho, see Idaho Census Records.

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 Fremont 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.

Maps

 * An 1895 map of Fremont and surrounding counties is available online.

Military
World War I draft registration cards, 1917-1918, for Fremont County have been microfilmed. Copies of these records are available at the Family History Library (their microfilm numbers 1452214 and 1452215) 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.

Current

 * Standard Journal

Vital Records
Eastern Idaho Death Index

Web Sites

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