Homedale, Owyhee County, Idaho Genealogy

United States Idaho  Owyhee County  Homedale

Quick Facts
Geographic location:

Homedale is a small farming community and city in the northwestern corner of Owyhee County, Idaho. When studying the community of Homedale, it is important to consider the communities of Central Cove, Fargo, Sunny Slope, and Wilder -- all across the Snake River in Canyon County, as part of the Homedale community. Many of the children from these Canyon County locations went to Homedale schools; at the County Fair, which is held in Homedale each summer, these communities often participate; and many from these Canyon County communities attend church in Homedale.

City Hall
Homedale City Hall 31 West Wyoming Ave. P.O. Box 757 Homedale, ID 83628 Ph. (208)337-4641 Fax (208)337-5904

Cemeteries
Homedale has no cemetery within its city boundaries. Early settlers were often buried in the Wilder Cemetery in Canyon County or in the cemeteries in Caldwell or Nampa, also in Canyon County. A new cemetery was established in the 1960s, located about half-way between Homedale and Marsing, called the Marsing-Homedale Cemetery. Many of the former residents of the Homedale area are now buried there.

Assembly of God

 * 15 W Montana Ave
 * Homedale, ID 83628-3223
 * Ph. 208-337-4458

Bible Missionary Church

 * Iglesia Misionera Biblica
 * 132 E. Owyhee Ave.
 * Homedale, ID 83628-3227
 * Ph. 208-337-5975

Catholic

 * St. Hubert's Catholic Church
 * 101 E. Owyhee Ave.
 * Homedale, ID 83628-3227
 * Ph. 208-337-3153

Christian Church

 * 110 W Montana Ave.
 * Homedale, ID 83628-3200
 * Ph. 208-337-3626

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

 * Homedale 1st Ward


 * Homedale 2nd Ward

Lutheran

 * Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
 * 621 West Idaho Ave.
 * Homedale, ID 83628
 * Ph. 208-337-4248

Presbyterian

 * First Presbyterian Church
 * 320 N 6th St. W.
 * Homedale, ID 83628-0577
 * Ph. 208-337-3060

Seventh Day Adventist Church

 * 16613 Garnet Rd.
 * Wilder, ID 83676


 * located across the Snake River in Canyon County

Society of Friends

 * Friends Community Church
 * 17434 Highway 95
 * Wilder, ID 83676-5704
 * Ph. 208-337-3464


 * Located across the Snake River in Canyon County

Directories
The Idaho State Archives has a collection of city, county, state and regional directories

History
A brief history of Homedale is available online at the city's website.

Two histories of Homedale, profusely illustrated with historic black-and-white photographs, have been gathered and edited by Norma Parvin Walker. Both were privately printed by Mrs. Walker, and are now out-of-print. Copies are in the research libraries of the Idaho State Archives in Boise and the Owyhee County Historical Society Museum in Murphy, Idaho:


 * Homedale Hodgepodge, Homedale, Idaho: summer of 1989.
 * Homedale Scenes Revisited, Homedale, Idaho: Dec. 2000.

Library
Homedale Public Library 125 West Owyhee Ave. P.O. Box 1087 Homedale, ID 83628-1087 Ph. (208)337-4228

Maps
Google Map of Homedale

Current
Owyhee Avalanche P.O. Box 217 Homedale, ID 83628 Ph. (208)337-4681 email - rob@owyhee.com Weekly

Historical
Several newspapers have been published in Homedale. Copies of the following are included in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise.

Homedale Empire Press -- 12 Feb. 1914 through 24 Nov. 1922 Homedale Empire Press -- issues of 2 Sep. 1915, 9 Sep. 1915, 14 Oct. 1915, and 28 Aug. 1919 Owyhee Chronicle -- 30 Apr. 1931 through 26 Dec. 1984 Homedale News -- 13 Aug. 1948 and 20 Aug. 1948 Owyhee County -- issues of Nov. 1956 and Nov. 1958 Owyhee Chronicle -- 28 Jan. 1971 through 6 Dec. 1979 Owyhee Avalanche -- 2 Jan. 1985 to present

Schools
Homedale High School 203 East Idaho Avenue Homedale, ID 83627-3216 Ph. (208)337-4613

School Records
The Idaho State Archives has a copy of the Homedale High School yearbook, called The Pioneer, for 1940-1941.

Websites
Wikipedia page for Homedale.