Benewah County, Idaho Genealogy

History and Tidbits
Benewah County, Idaho was created 23 January 1915 from Kootenai County. Its county seat is Saint Maries. Named after a chief of the Coeur d'Alene Indian tribe.

Some of the towns and other inhabited places in Benewah County are Chatcolet, DeSmet, Emida, Fernwood, Plummer, Saint Maries, Sanders, Santa, and Tensed.

Many of the older court, land, naturalization, probate, pension, and vital records for Benewah 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 of those which have been microfilmed and of more recent records are in the county courthouse in Saint Maries.

Cities
Parkline | Plummer | Saint Maries | Tensed

Unincorporated Communities
Alder Creek | Benewah | Cardwell | Chat’u’washa’lqs Bluff | Chatcolet | De Smet | Emida | Fernwood | Flat Creek | Hawleys Landing | Lotus | Mashburn | Meadowhurst | Milltown | Mowry | North South Skil Bowl | Omega | Pedee | Plummer Junction | Ramsdell | Renfrew | Riverdale | Rocky Point | Rover | Saint Joe | Sanders | Santa | Silvertip Landing | Tyson Creek Station | Wayland | Willard

Neighboring Counties
Kootenai | Latah | Shoshone | Spokane County, Washington | Whitman County, Washington

Cemeteries
There are a number of cemeteries in Benewah County. Those that have been identified are listed below, with their location and any links to abstracts of their records.

Genealogy and Historical Websites
The Benewah County ID GenWeb Project, a member of The IDGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.