Custer County, Idaho Records

Custer County, Idaho (Map It) was created on January 8, 1881 from Alturas and Lemhi County. Custer County was named in honor of General Custer mine, named after George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), United States Army general.

Custer County is bordered by Lemhi County (north), Butte County (east), Blaine County (south), Elmore County (southwest), Boise County (southwest), Valley County (west).

Custer County Cities and Towns include Challis, Clayton, Lost River, Mackay, Stanley.

MapGeeks.org has is a collection of old Idaho maps.

Custer County, Idaho Courthouse Records

The Custer County Courthouse is located in Challis, Idaho. Learn More About State of Idaho Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.

The Clerk's Office DOES NOT DO RESEARCH. Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research.

The following dates indicates what vital, land, probate, and court records are in Custer county. The date listed for each record is usually the earliest registration filed. The date does not indicate that there are alot records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually filed with the clerk.

• Custer County Clerk, Auditor, Recorders Office has Marriage Records from 1879, Land Records from 1872, Probate Records from 1879  and Court Records from 1879. The Recorder is responsible to keep records of all documents recorded in Adams County. Additionally, the Recorder’s office provides marriage licenses, processes passports and records land documents, including plat maps, surveys, easements, assertions of right-of-way, and some types of liens.

Custer County, Idaho Census Records

• Learn More: State of Idaho Census Records
• U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1890 (fragmented), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules: None
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules: None
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules: None
• Union Veterans Schedules: 1890

Custer County, Idaho Vital Records

• Learn More: State of Idaho Vital Records
• Birth and Death Records: from July 1911 to present.
• Marriage and Divorce Records: from May 1947 to present.
• Locations: Idaho Office of Vital Statistics, 450 W. State St., 1st Floor, Boise, ID 83720; (208) 334-5988
• Vital Records Online: USAVital or Social Security Death Index
• Vital Records by Mail:  Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Certificates Applications.

Custer County, Idaho Resources

• South Custer County Historical Society, P.O. Box 355, Mackay ID 83251
• Stanley Heritage Association, Highway 75, Stanley ID 83278
• Custer County, Idaho Message Boards

Custer County, Idaho External Links

• Idaho Historical Newspapers - Newspapers.com
• Custer County, Idaho Books - Amazon
• Custer Co., Idaho - FindaGrave
• Idaho Indexed Historical Records - Familysearch
• Custer County, Idaho Links - Cyndi's List
• Historical Newspapers from Idaho (1864–1922)
• Custer Co. IDGenweb
• Custer County, Idaho Ancestry Database Collections
• Custer County, Idaho Military Records