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Elmore County, Idaho

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

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
25historic places
—earliest paper
1889formed
28,666pop. 2020
4cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 25 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Mountain Home, Glenns Ferry, Atlanta.

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 Elmore titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

21 of 25 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

25 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Ake, F. P., BuildingMountain HomeBuilding1982
Amustutz ApartmentsGlenns FerryBuilding1982
Anchustegui, Pedro, Pelota CourtMountain HomeStructure1978
Atlanta Dam and Power PlantAtlantaStructure1977
Atlanta Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict1978
Atlanta Ranger Station Historic DistrictAtlantaDistrict2003
Elmore County CourthouseMountain HomeBuilding1987
Father Lobell HouseMountain HomeBuilding1982
Featherville SchoolFeathervilleBuilding2019
Glenns Ferry SchoolGlenns FerryBuilding1984
Gorby Opera TheaterGlenns FerryBuilding1982
Hammett SchoolHammettBuilding2024
KwikCurb DinerMountain HomeBuilding2010
McGinnis, J. S., BuildingGlenns FerryBuilding1982
Mountain Home Baptist ChurchMountain HomeBuilding1982
Mountain Home Carnegie LibraryMountain HomeBuilding1978
Mountain Home High SchoolMountain HomeBuilding1991
Mountain Home HotelMountain HomeBuilding1982
O'Neill Brothers BuildingGlenns FerryBuilding1982
Our Lady of Limerick Catholic ChurchGlenns FerryBuilding1982
South Boise Historic Mining DistrictRocky Bar andDistrict1975
St. James Episcopal ChurchMountain HomeBuilding1977
Strategic Air Command Ground Alert Facility, Mountain Home Air Force Base NHLMountain Home Air Force Base
Strategic Air Command Ground Alert Facility, Mountain Home Air Force Base NHLMountain Home Air Force Base
Turner HotelMountain HomeBuilding1984

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Elmore was formed in 1889 (1889-02-07) from Alturas.

ELMORE created by Idaho Territory from ALTURAS (extinct).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Elmore County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

29k16k1,87018901920196020002020
189019001920194019501960198020002020
1,8702,2865,0875,5186,68716,71921,56529,13028,666

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 4 of 4 listed
NameLatLon
Atlanta Pioneer Cemetery43.80002-115.12282
Glenn Rest Cemetery42.9545-115.31533
Mountain View Cemetery43.13703-115.67932
Pine Cemetery43.47982-115.31073
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Alturas City43.80073-115.16036
Spanish Town43.70962-115.25508

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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