Rexburg, Madison County, Idaho Genealogy

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Former name
"Kaintuck" - Senator Fred T. Dubois (R - Idaho) requested that the Rexburg Post Office be renamed "Kaintuck", after Harvey Walker "Kentucky" Smith, for political reasons. The change became effective on August 8, 1889, and continued under that name until it was changed back to "Rexburg" on February 27, 1893.

Source: https://archive.org/stream/rexburgidahofirs00crow/rexburgidahofirs00crow_djvu.txt, Page 100, accessed by Eric J Scott on 19 March 2021.

City Hall
Rexburg City Hall 35 North 1st East Rexburg, ID 83440

Phone: 208-359-3020

Baptist
Grace Baptist Church‎ 262 N 2nd W Rexburg, ID 83440-1529

(208) 356-7621

Current
There are numerous meetinghouses in Rexburg. (Fill in Rexburg, Idaho and addresses will come up.)

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 (1887-1948) are included in this collections.

Presbyterian
Community Presbyterian Church‎ 104 College Ave Rexburg, ID 83440

(208) 356-9313

Other
Calvary Outreach‎ 859 S Yellowstone Hwy # 204 Rexburg, ID 83440-5294

(208) 356-6445

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

Funeral Homes
Flamm Funeral Home 61 N 1st E, Rexburg, Idaho 83440 208) 356-572 http://www.flammfh.com/index.cfm Beloved220 E 2nd N Rexburg, Idaho 83440 (208) 359-9921

History
The settlement of Egin, on Henry’s Fork, and another on Poole’s Island, had already been commenced when on March 11, 1882, on the occasion of a visit from Wm. B. Preston of Cache County another town site was selected, and on the suggestion of Wm. B. Preston named Rexburg, in honor of Thomas E. Rick of Logan. As more settlers came in and located at Rexburg, a canal was surveyed and construction and such good progress was made that water was turned into it June 14, 1882. The total population of the Rexburg Precinct was 3,361 in 1930.

Additional history of Rexburg, 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. 698.

Current
Standard-Journal P.O. Box 10 Rexburg, ID 83440 Ph. 208-356-5441 email - kgeisler@uvsi.com Daily

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

Current-journal  1905:1:19-1917:12:13 Enterpise citizen  1973:1:4-1976:12:2  Rexburg journal  1917:12:14-1984:8:23  Rexburg standard  1909:12:30-1984:8:21  Rexburg standard-journal  1984:8:28-2003:3:31  Rexburg standard-journal  1987:3:19-1987:3:24  Standard journal  2003:4:2-to date Silver hammer  1894:1:5-1896:8:20

Family History Centers

 * Rexburg Idaho Family History Center

Websites
Rexburg City website