Jerome County, Idaho Genealogy

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Parent County
1919--Jerome County, Idaho was created 8 February 1919 from Gooding and Lincoln Counties. County seat: Jerome

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

Cities
Hazleton | Jerome

Other inhabited places
Barrymore | Black | Eden | Falls City | Greenwood | Haytown | Hunt | Hydra | McHenry | Perrine | Schodde | Sugar Loaf | Tipperary Corner

Neighboring Counties
Cassia | Gooding | Lincoln | Minidoka | Twin Falls

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

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 Jerome 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.

Military
Because Jerome County was not formed until 1919, those who were of military draft age for World War I were included in the draft registration records of Bannock CountyGooding County and Lincoln County, the parent counties of Caribou.

Pension Records
Old Age Pensions were provided by the State of Idaho from 1931 to 1936. The original papers for several counties have been transferred to the Idaho State Historical Society Public Archives and Research Library (PARL) in Boise. Those at PARL have been indexed. Jerome County Old Age Pensions are included in that index.

Societies and Libraries
Jerome County Historical Society

Web Sites

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