Soda Springs, Caribou County, Idaho Genealogy

United States Idaho  Caribou County  Soda Springs

City Hall
http://sodaspringsid.com/ Soda Springs City Hall 9 West 2nd South Soda Springs, Idaho 83230 (208)547-2600

Soda Springs is a small city in southeastern Idaho. It has been the county seat of Caribou County since the county was formed in 1919.

Current
There are six Soda Springs Wards (congregations) meeting in three meetinghouses in Soda Springs:

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

281 East Hooper

361 South 3rd East

290 South 3rd West

Soda Springs, ID 83276

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. Records of the Soda Springs Ward (1887-1948) are available.

Other
Living Waters Full Gospel 11 S Hooper Ave Soda Springs, ID 83276 208-547-0094

Current
Catholic St Mary's Church 99 West Center Street,

Soda Springs, ID 83276-1530

(208) 547-3200

Historical
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has copied the register of the St Mary's Catholic Church (1897-1985) of Soda Springs which is found in the Roman Catholic Diocese Archives of Boise Idaho. These films are available for viewing at the Library in Salt Lake City or in any of its Family History Centers.

Directories
The Idaho State Archives has copies of many city, county state and regional directories.

Funeral Home
Sims Funeral Home 139 E 2nd S Soda Springs, Idaho 83230 (208) 547-3742

History
Soda Springs, originally called Bear Springs, was well know by the early trappers and explorers. In the fall of 1863 a company of U. S. soldiers located a temporary fort on the bank of Bear River, immediately below the present town of Soda Springs. This fort, which was occupied by about one hundred soldiers, was build as a protection against Indians. About forth families of Morrisities arrived in the locality in May 1863. The total population of the Soda Springs Precinct was 1,106 in 1930.

Additional history of Soda Springs, 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. 806.

Current
Caribou County Sun P.O. Box 815 Soda Springs, Idaho 83276 Ph. 208-547-3260 email - ccsun10@aol.com Weekly

Historical
Copies of issues of the following Soda Springs newspapers are in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise.

Soda Springs Chieftain -- 1 Mar. 1906 to 12 Mar. 1931 Soda Springs Sun -- 11 May 1933 to 4 Feb. 1955 Caribou County Sun &amp; Soda Springs Sun -- 11 Feb. 1954 to 24 Mar. 1955 Caribou County Sun -- 31 Mar. 1955 to present

Copies of the following newspapers, published in Soda Springs, are also available online at Ancestry.com.($):

The Idanha Chieftain (weekly) -- 14 May 1903 to Dec. 1903 and 11 Feb. to 12 May 1904. (several issues are missing and some are badly faded) Soda Springs Chieftain -- 1904-1907, 1911-1914, 1916-1921, 1924, 1928-1931. (many issues are missing) Soda Springs Sun -- Jan. 1915 to Oct 1916, Jan. 1932 to Apr. 1935, July 1938 to Dec. 1954. Caribou County Sun -- 1959, 1961-1962