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Cassia County, Idaho

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles

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7historic places

—earliest paper

1879formed

24,655pop. 2020

15cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Albion, Burley, Almo.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Idaho is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Cassia titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

4 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Albion Methodist Church	Albion	Building	1986
Albion Normal School Campus	Albion	District	1980
Cassia County Courthouse	Burley	Building	1987
City of Rocks NHL	Almo	Site	1966
Granite Pass	Burley	Site	1972
Oakley Historic District	Oakley	District	1980
Swanger Hall	Albion	Building	1978

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Cassia was formed in 1879 (1879-02-20) from Oneida, Owyhee.

CASSIA created by Idaho Territory from ONEIDA and OWYHEE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Cassia County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,312	3,951	15,659	14,430	14,629	16,121	19,427	21,416	24,655

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
City Of Rocks National Reserve	Park unit	23.0 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

15 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 15 of 15 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Basin Cemetery	42.22302	-113.79213
Bower Cemetery	42.40564	-114.17868
Declo Cemetery	42.52574	-113.63361
Elba Cemetery	42.24773	-113.54933
Gem Memorial Cemetery	42.5215	-113.79209
Jackson Cemetery	42.64192	-113.54058
Malta Cemetery	42.31315	-113.33454
Marion Cemetery	42.28047	-113.93057
Olson Cemetery	42.12568	-113.35928
Pella Ward Cemetery	42.47546	-113.8624
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	42.41463	-113.58805
Pleasant View Cemetery	42.53018	-113.77361
Standrod Cemetery	None	None
Sunny Cedar Rest Cemetery	42.12706	-113.61667
View Cemetery	42.44617	-113.65653

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Hazel	42.39102	-113.76613
Tipton	42.28047	-113.16055

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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