Dayton, Franklin County, Idaho Genealogy

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City Hall
Dayton City Clerks P.O. Box 12 Dayton. Idaho 83232 (208) 747-3589

Current
The Dayton and Linrose Wards (congregations) meet in this meetinghouse:

Church of Jesus Christ of LDS‎ 825 North Westside Highway Dayton, ID 83232-5140

(208) 747-3521

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 Library in Salt Lake City or at its Family History Centers. The records of the Dayton Ward (1893-1948) are included.

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

Funeral Homes
Webb Funeral Home 109 Bear River Blfs Preston, Idaho 83263 (208) 852-1527 Webb Funeral Home 1005 S 800 E Preston, Idaho 83263 (208) 852-1391 Webb Jordan D 109 E Oneida St Preston, Idaho 83263 (208) 852-0533 http://www.webbmortuary.com/ Horsley Funeral Homes 132 W 300 N Malad City, Idaho 83252 (208) 766-4330

History
Dayton is an outgrowth of Weston. There was a stage station on the Montana road at an early day near the point where Deep Creek empties into the Bear River, about five miles northeast of the present village of Dayton. George M. Mendenhall family was the first settlers in 1868. In 1872 other settlers came to the area at this time it was called Franklin Meadows. This settlement was also called Five Mile Creek, later Chadville in honor of Joseph Chadwick, and then changed to Dayton. The total population was 721 in 1930.

Additional history of Dayton, 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. 176.

Newspapers
Copies of issues of some newspapers in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise may be of help to residents of Dayton.