Ada County, ID 1870 Federal Census DISTRICT INFORMATION The files on-line for this census can be found in the following directory: http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/id/ada/1870/ ABOUT ADA COUNTY: Ada County was created by the Idaho Territory legislature on December 22, 1864, partitioned from Boise County. The partitioned land included the town of Boise, which is why Boise town is not in Boise County. It is named for Ada Riggs, the daughter of H. C. Riggs, a member of the legislature; he established the county and was a co-founder of Boise, which is both the County Seat and the State Capital. Microfilm #M593-185 =================================================================================== STATUS DISTRICT PAGES TRANSCRIBER PROOFREADER =================================================================================== On-Line Not Stated 2A-19B Robert E. Lane Linda Talbott On-Line Boise 20A-36A Robert E. Lane Linda Talbott =================================================================================== This Census was transcribed by Robert E. Lane and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project® http://www.us-census.org/ ===================================================================================