Idaho Falls, Idaho

Former name
The original name of Idaho Falls was Eagle Rock.

Geographic location
Idaho Falls is the largest city in Bonneville County, Idaho and is its county seat.

City Hall
http://www.idahofallsidaho.gov 308 Constitution Way Post Office Box 50220 Idaho Falls, Idaho 83405

Archives and Libraries
The Idaho Falls Public Library has early city directories, telephone books, local histories, a vertical file of newspaper clippings on various topics, and microfilmed copies of local historical newspapers. Their website can be found at http://www.ifpl.org/.

Cemeteries
Obituaries from all of Eastern Idaho as well as funeral home and cemetery records have been indexed in the Eastern Idaho Death Records Index.

Current
There are 18 Wards and 2 Branchesof the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, meeting in 6 different meeting houses. For more details go the the above website and type in Idaho Falls.

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. Many of the records of (1882-1948) are in this collection.

Historical
The FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has microfilmed records of St. John's Episcopal Church (1892-1998) of Idaho Falls, the  of Idaho Falls (1953-1996), and the  of Idaho Falls. These original records are found in the Trinity Episcopal Church of Pocatello, Idaho. Copies of these records can be viewed at the Library in Salt Lake City, or in any of its Family History Centers.

Current
Holy Rosary Church‎ 145 9th St Idaho Falls, ID 83404-4896

(208) 522-4366

Historical
Records of the (1905-1964) have been microfilmed by the FamilySearch 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.

Other
For a listing of other churches in Idaho Falls, go to this website. Location and contact information is given.

Directories
The Idaho State Archives in Boise has a collection of city, county, regional and state directories. Among the holdings of that collection are city directories for Idaho Falls for the years 1910-1917, 1919-1921, 1923-24, 1926, 1928-30, 1932-33, 1936-37, 1939-41, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1956-57, 1959-1988, 1990-1995, 1997.

Funeral Homes
Wood Funeral Home 963 S Ammon Rd Ammon, Idaho 83406 (208) 522-2992 http://www.woodfuneralhome.com/ Buck Miller Hann Funeral Home 825 E 17th St Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404 (208) 522-7424 http://www.buckmillerhann.com/ Wood Funeral Home 273 N Ridge Ave Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402 (208) 522-2751 http://www.woodfuneralhome.com/ Nalder Funeral Home 110 W Oak St Shelley, Idaho 83274 (208) 357-3231 http://nalderfuneralhome.com/ Coltrin Mortuary &amp; Crematory 2100 1st St Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401 (208) 524-1000 http://www.coltrinmortuary.com/ Eckersell Memorial Chapel 101 W Main St Rigby, Idaho 83442 (208) 745-6604 http://www.eckersellfuneralhome.com/index.cfm

Obituaries from all of Eastern Idaho as well as funeral home and cemetery records have been indexed in the Eastern Idaho Death Records Index.

History
In 1865-1866 the first wagon bridge was built across Snake River where the city of Idaho Falls now stands. In 1879 the Utah Northern Railroad was built through that part of the country, and in 1880 the railroad company built a round house and machine shop at Eagle Rock, which made the place at once an important railroad center. The town was first called Eagle Rock because of a rock in the river which near that point frequently visited by eagles. Among the men employed by the railroad in erecting buildings for the company at Eagle Rock was James Thomas and other, who located there in 1882.The total population of the five Idaho Fall Precinct, was 12,322 in 1930.

Additional history of Idaho Falls, 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. 353.

Current
Post-Register P.O. Box 1800 Idaho Falls, ID 83403 Ph. 208-522-1800 email - rplothow@postregister.com Daily

Historical
Copies of issues of the following newspapers, published in Idaho Falls, are in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise.

Idaho Falls Times -- 9 July 1891 to 16 Sep 1920 Idaho Register -- 18 Aug 1893 to 14 Sep 1920 Idaho Falls Daily Post -- 31 Mar 1916 to 25 July 1929 Times-Register -- 17 Sep 1920 to 30 Oct 1931 Idaho Falls Post -- 26 July 1929 to 8 Oct 1931 Post-Register -- 9 Oct 1931 to present Idaho Commoner -- 28 Apr 1932 t0 30 July 1948 Eastern Idaho Farmer -- 6 Aug. 1948 to 11 Mar 1979

Copies of the Post-Register, Jan. 1950 to Sep. 1977, are also available online at Ancestry.com, a subscription web site.

Obituaries
Obituaries from all of Eastern Idaho as well as funeral home and cemetery records have been indexed in the Eastern Idaho Death Records Index.

Websites
Wikipedia page for Idaho Falls