Idaho
Statehood: 3 July 1890
43rd state of the United States
Bordering states:
South: Nevada, Utah
East: Montana, Wyoming
West: Oregon, Washington
Capital and largest city: Boise
Map: Idaho, 1896.
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Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Original counties as listed in the 1889 Idaho Constitution, Article 19, Sect. 1: Ada, Alturas, Bear Lake, Bingham, Boise, Cassia, Custer, Elmore, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Logan, Nez Perce, Oneida, Owyhee, Shoshone, Washington. Idaho County Creation Dates and Parent Counties. Counties in 2020: 44.
Institutions, Societies, and Government Websites
Idaho Government Documents, Idaho Commission of Libraries
Idaho State Archives Digital Collection
Idaho State Archives Searchable Indexes
Idaho State University Manuscript Collections
Idaho State University Online Collections
Maps
Idaho Maps, Library of Congress
Interactive Map of Idaho County Formation History, Maps of U.S.
Manuscripts
Idaho Manuscripts, Archive Grid
Idaho Manuscripts, Library of Congress
Additional websites
Record Sets-State Level
Idaho Record Sets (Ancestry Collections)
Idaho Record Sets (Family Search)
Virtual Libraries
State of Idaho
The History of Idaho, John Hailey, 1910.
History of Idaho; a Narrative Account of its Historical Progress, its People and its Principal Interests, Hiram T. French, 1861.
Newspapers
Chronicling America, digitized: Idaho
Community History Archive Newspapers: Idaho
Small Town Newspapers
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