Welcome to Cassia County, Idaho A COUNTY PROUD OF ITS HERITAGE

Christine Storey is County Coordinator

Cassia County was created in 1879 from the parent County of   Owyhee and a Temporary County seat was approved 20 Feb 1879. On April 7 1879  Marsh Basin was appointed  as temporary County seat. The County was divided into seven precincts: Cassia Creek, Clear Creek, Goose Creek, Marsh Basin, Oakley, Rock Creek and Sublett. On April 14 1879 two more precincts were formed, Salmon Falls and Bonanza Bar. The county seat was Albion until 13 Jan 1919 when it was moved to Burley. There were many mixed feelings towards the County seat being moved.

County officers declared  elected as County and Precinct officers as of June 9 1879  were: Probate Judge James H. Chase; Sheriff J.E. Harrington; Auditor and Recorder S.P. Weatherman; Treasurer M.G. Robison; Assessor T.M. Gray; County Commissioners C.M. Gray, R.A. Beecher and Sidney Kelly; Coroner J.D Burch; Surveyor Frank Riblett. Precinct  Justice of Peace were; Salmon Falls, M. O'Conner; Rock Creek, A.D. Norton and Lars Larson; Oakley, James Chaplow; Goose Creek, J.E. Miller and W.D. Robbins; Sublett, J. Galliger and Henry Powers; Bonanza Bar, Tho. Henry; Clear Creek, H.A. Baker; Marsh Basin, Josiah Bridger and R.N. Howell

Cassia County consists of the communities of Albion, Almo, Burley, Declo, Elba, Malta, Oakley and Sublett.

Basin, Churchhill, Goosecreek, Gunnell, Hazel, Heglar, Island, Jackson,  Marion, Moulton, Naf, Standrod, Starrhs Ferry, Strevell, Tipton, View, Yale, Idahome.

 

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Other Links Research  Wiki	Cassia County Archives Index Additional Archives	Cassia County  World War I  Draft Registration
Search the 1940 Census     new              Census	Biographies	Obituaries
Idaho History	The Virtual Wall        508th Parachute infantry regiment	Cassia County Museum
Map links	Lookup Volunteers	Idaho Death Index 1911-1950 & Death Notices
Death Records 1907-1911	Join Mailing List	Idaho Vital Records
Cemeteries	Old Names of  Diseases	Family Genealogy @ History Internet Education Directory
Early Marriages---    1874-1879 Marriage Records Groom's Name       1879-1895	Doctors,Mid-Wives and Dentists in the early years Sheriffs of Cassia County	Marsh Basin later named Albion
Idaho Marriage Index	Birth 1907-1911	CINDI'S LIST OF GENEALOGY SITES ON THE INTERNET
Idaho Penitentiary Inmates Files 1864-1975	Newspapers	Penny Postcards from Idaho
Almo Idaho History 1             Almo Idaho History 2	Find A Grave	Lewis,Gray and Clark histories
Albion Valley Historical Society     New	Victims of the bloody war between Cattlemen and Sheep men       New	Snake River Bridge at Burley    New
Burley High School Faculty   1923-1924         New
Historical Books. Foundation Years by Kathleen Hedberg can be purchased from the Cassia Co. Recorders office. Cassia County by Valerie K. Bowen, Cassia County Historical Society. A pause for Reflections by Virginia Estes

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