Juliaetta, Latah County, Idaho Genealogy

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City Hall
Juliaetta City Hall 203 Main St Juliaetta, ID 83535 (208)276-7791

Lutheran
Zion Lutheran Church‎ State Street Juliaetta, ID 83535

(208) 276-7512

Other
Christian Family Fellowship‎ Water Street Juliaetta, ID 83535

(208) 276-3165

Church of the Nazarene‎ 516 State Street Juliaetta, ID 83535

(208) 276-3640



Juliaetta Community Church‎ Main Street Juliaetta, ID 83535

(208) 276-4011

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

History
Rupert Schupfer homesteaded the land where Juliaetta is located in 1878. Schupfer was the town’s first name. In 1882, the first post office was established the first postmaster was Charles Snyder. Grain was raised on the ridges, in the 1890’s a tramway was installed and warehouses built for the grain. Steam engines which carried sled-like cars operated in the area. Between 1890 and the early 1900’s the town grew, adding a lumber yard, two general stores, meat market, sawmill, flour mill, drug store, blacksmith shops, millinery, three hotels, and a week newspaper.

Newspapers
Copies of issues of the folowing Juliaetta newspapers are in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise:

Independent 1917:3:2  Juliaetta bulletin  1935:1:3-1937:5:6  Juliaetta gem  1890:8:9  Juliaetta record  1919:7:3, 1924:11:7, 12:5:  Juliaetta sun  1914:11:27