Oneida 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/oneida/1870/

ABOUT ONEIDA COUNTY:

Oneida County was founded on January 22, 1864, one of the 17 counties created by
the first legislature of Idaho Territory in 1863-64.  It was named for Oneida Lake, 
New York, the area from which most of the early settlers had emigrated.  Oneida 
Lake was named for the Native American Oneida Nation, one of the Iroquois Nations.

Early in its history, Oneida County had the distinction of being Idaho's largest 
county by both area and population.  When the U.S. Congress created the Montana 
Territory on May 26, 1864, it transferred a portion of Oneida County to Dakota 
Territory.  Oneida County also lost significant territory to Wyoming Territory in 
1868, Bear Lake County in 1875, Cassia County in 1879, and later to Franklin and 
Power Counties.  Minor adjustments to boundaries occurred in 1871, 1875, 1877, 1917 
and 1927 that gave Oneida County its present land area.


Microfilm #M593-185
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STATUS     DISTRICT                    PAGES       TRANSCRIBER       PROOFREADER
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On-Line    Lincoln Valley            147A-148A     Robert E. Lane    Linda Talbott
On-Line    Malad Valley              149A-162B     Robert E. Lane    Linda Talbott
On-Line    Bear Valley & Montpelier  163A-166B     Robert E. Lane    Linda Talbott
On-Line    Snake River               167A-168B     Robert E. Lane    Linda Talbott
On-Line    Soda Springs Village      169A-170B     Robert E. Lane    Linda Talbott
On-Line    Upper Snake River         171A-172B     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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