Clifton, Franklin County, Idaho Genealogy

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City Hall
Clifton City Clerks 175 W. Center/P.O. Box 37 Clifton, Idaho 83228 (208) 747-3603

Current
There are two wards (congregations) meeting in this ward house:

Church of Jesus Christ of LDS‎ 170 West 1st North Clifton, ID 83228

(208) 747-3238

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 Clifton Ward (1877-1948) 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
The first settlers in that district of country were Thomas Charles Davis Howell and his sons in the spring of 1869. A post office was set up in 1870. The Clifton Precinct was a total population of 509 in 1930.

Additional history of Clifton, 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. 148.

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