Rigby, Jefferson County, Idaho Genealogy

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City Hall
http://rigby.govoffice.com/ Rigby City hall 158 W. Fremont Avenue Rigby, Idaho 83442 (208) 745-8111

Cemeteries

 * Rigby Pioneer Cemetery BillionGraves

Current
Bethel Baptist Church‎ 3866 East 400 North Rigby, ID 83442-5434

(208) 745-9266

Current
There are three meetinghouses with several Rigby Wards (Congregations) plus the Lorenzo Ward meeting in them.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints‎ 258 West 1st North Rigby, ID 83442-5457

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints‎ 401 west 1st South

Rigby, ID 83442

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints‎ 4021 East 300 North Rigby, ID 83442

Historical
Many of the original records of church units are in the Church History Library in Salt Lake City. Many of the membership records covering these units from the date of their creation to about 1948 have been microfilmed and are available at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City or at its Family History Centers. Records of (1886-1948) are included.

Current
Crown of Life Lutheran Church‎ 3856 Lewisville Hwy Rigby, Idaho 83442

(208) 745-7191

Pentecostal
Harvest Time‎ 386 North 4050 East Rigby, ID 83442-5573

(208) 745-9267

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

Funeral Homes
Eckersell Memorial Chapel 101 W Main St Rigby, Idaho 83442 208) 745-6604

History
Rigby is in Jefferson County, Idaho, it is an important town and business center on the Yellowstone branch of the Oregon short Line Railroad, 14 miles northeast of Idaho Falls. Rigby is also the center of a rich and somewhat extensive farming district. Rigby was founded by William W. Parks and others in 1883. The total population of the Rigby Precinct was 1,260 in 1930.

Additional history of Rigby, Idaho and the early Latter-day Saint settlers there can be found in:

Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Company, 1941, p. 709.

Current
Jefferson Star 134 West Main Street Rigby, ID 83422 Ph. 208-745-8701 email - epoole@jeffersonstarnews.com Weekly

Historical
Copies of issues of the following Rigby newspapers are in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise:

Jefferson County star  1979:1:3-1981:12:24 Jefferson star  1981:12:31-to date Rigby star  1906:1:5-1975:12:25  Star  1976:1:1-1978:12:27