Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jerome County, Idaho.

Official Website

The county was created by the Idaho Legislature on February 8, 1919, by a partition of Lincoln County. It was named after either Jerome Hill, a developer of the North Side Irrigation Project, his son-in-law Jerome Kuhn, or his grandson Jerome Kuhn, Jr.

The Minidoka Relocation Camp, one of ten Japanese American internment camps set up during World War II, was located in the county.

Adjacent Counties

• Gooding County
• Twin Falls County
• Cassia County
• Minidoka County
• Lincoln County

Cities & Communities

• Eden
• Hazelton
• Hunt
• Jerome (County Seat)

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Minidoka National Historic Site

USS Jerome County LST-848

Genealogy Trails

ID Gen Web

Genealogy Bank

RAOGK

Forebears.io