Kootenai County Idaho Genealogy Trails

Welcome to Kootenai
County, Idaho

This website is part of the Genealogy Trails family and our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers.

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My name is Sandra Davis and as your Kootenai County host I try to post as much data online as possible in order to make it freely available to all. We gratefully accept contributions of raw data such as census information, marriage/birth/death records, obituaries, county histories, biographies, old newspaper items - anything that would help someone build their family tree. Feel free to email me with your contributions as every little bit helps.

I regret that I am unable to do personal research.

Established December 22, 1864 by the Second Territorial Legislature with Seneaquoteen, a trading post below Lake Pend Oreille, as the county seat. Rathdrum replaced Seneaquoteen as county seat in 1881 and Coeur d'Alene replaced Rathdrum in 1908. Named for the Kutenai Indians who inhabited the area when the white man arrived. The word "Kootenai" is derived from the Kutenai word meaning "water people.".

Kootenai County has a rich history, both in Native American and white settlers. Some of the Native American tribes of the area were the Kutenai and Coeur d'Alene. The Cataldo Mission (photo left) and Fort Sherman are a part of Kootenai County's history. Cataldo Mission is the oldest standing building in Idaho. The main industries of the area were once Logging and Mining.

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Neighboring Counties

Benewah County, Idaho Bonner County, Idaho Shoshone County, Idaho Spokane County, Washington

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Historic American Buildings Survey or Historic American Engineering Record, Call Number HABS ID,28-CATAL.V,1-