Buhl, Twin Falls County, Idaho Genealogy

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City Hall
Buhl City Hall 203 Broadway Ave. Buhl, Idaho 83316

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Buhl First Assembly Of God 703 Locust St, Buhl, ID 83316 (208) 543-5191

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Magic Valley Baptist Church P.O. Box 332, Buhl, ID 83316 208-543-8033

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First Ward and Spanish Branch

501 South Main, Buhl, ID 83316

2nd and 3rd Wards

1001 Fair Street, Buhl ID 83316

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 Family History Libraryin Salt Lake City or at its Family History Centers. Records of the Buhl Ward(1919-1948) are among this collections.

Current
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church

229 9th Ave N, Buhl, ID 83316 (208) 543-8496

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St Johns Lutheran Church

1128 Poplar St, Buhl, ID 83316 (208) 543-4282

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United Methodist Church

908 Maple St, Buhl, ID 83316

(208) 543-5498

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Immaculate Conception 1631 Poplar St.,

Buhl, ID 83316 (208) 543-5136

Historical
Records of the Immaculate Conception church in Buhl (1918-1965) have been microfilmed by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah from records held in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise. These films can be viewed at the Library in Salt Lake City or in any of it Family History Centers.

Current
Calvary Chapel (208) 543-9959 1004 Burley Ave, Buhl, ID 83316

Church of God in Christ (208) 543-4978 Buhl, ID 83316

Church of the Nazarene (208) 543-6025 300 Broadway Ave N, Buhl, ID 83316

First Christian Church (208) 543-4102 1005 Poplar St, Buhl, ID 83316

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

Funeral Homes
Farmer Funeral Chapel 130 9th Ave N Buhl, Idaho 83316 (208) 543-4333

History
Buhl was founded on April 17, 1906. It was named for Frank H. Buhl, a major investor in a Carey Act project known as the Twin Falls South Side project, which introduced large-scale irrigation to the region in the early 20th Century. The Oregon Trail is located on the western half of Twin Falls. The Historical U.S. Route 30 goes through Buhl along the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway. Buhl is known as the “Trout Capital of the world. The total population of the Buhl precincts was 4,489 in 1930.

Additional history of Buhl, Idaho and the early Mormon 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. 96.

Newspapers
Copies of the following newspapers published in Buhl are included in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise.

Buhl herald -- 1909:7:9-present