Castle Creek, Owyhee County, Idaho Genealogy

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Directories
A directory of the residents and businesses of Silver City in 1898 is included in A Historical, Descriptive and Commercial Directory of Owyhee County, Idaho. A copy of the directory is in the Idaho State Archives, the Owyhee County Museum, and other Idaho libraries. It is also available on microfilm through the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and its many family history centers, and online.

A list of the residents of the Castle Creek area in 1898 has been abstracted from the directory and is available online at the Owyhee County GenWeb site.

History
Castle Creek valley is a farming area in north-central Owyhee County. The valley is about fifteen miles long and one to two miles wide and is watered by Castle Creek. It is primarily devoted to stock raising and farming.

Castle Creek was also a census precinct from 1890 thru 1932. It was organized from part of Sinker Creek precinct between 1890 and 1900 and was annexed to Oreana precinct in 1932.