Alturas County, ID             1870 Federal Census             DISTRICT INFORMATION

The files on-line for this census can be found in the following directory:
http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/id/alturas/1870/

ABOUT ALTURAS COUNTY:

Alturas County was created by the Idaho Territorial Legislature on February 4, 1864 
from Boise County.  The county name came from a Spanish word for “mountain summits” 
or “mountainous heights.”

It covered an area larger than the states of Maryland, New Jersey, and Delaware 
combined.  Most present-day southern Idaho counties were created at least in part 
from the original Alturas County area.

In 1889, the Idaho Territorial Legislature created Elmore County and Logan County 
from parts of Alturas County.  On March 5, 1895, the Idaho Legislature combined 
Alturas and Logan Counties into a new county called Blaine, and Alturas County 
disappeared from the Idaho map.


Microfilm #M593-185
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STATUS     DISTRICT              PAGES       TRANSCRIBER       PROOFREADER
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On-Line    Atlanta              37A-37B      Robert E. Lane    Linda Talbott
On-Line    Yba & Middle Boise   38A-38B      Robert E. Lane    Linda Talbott
On-Line    Boise River          38B-39B      Robert E. Lane    Linda Talbott
On-Line    Not Stated           40A-44A      Robert E. Lane    Linda Talbott
On-Line    Overland Road        45A-46A      Robert E. Lane    Linda Talbott


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This Census was transcribed by Robert E. Lane and proofread by Linda Talbott
for the USGenWeb Census Project® http://www.us-census.org/
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