Wards and Branches of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Shelley Stake, Idaho

Idaho Bingham County Church Records  Shelley Stake, Idaho LDS Church Wards and Branches

This page includes the boundaries of wards and branches around 1930's, a timeline history, and how to obtain the records.

Source for this page: p. 791-792.

Shelley Stake
Stake boundaries as of about 1930 — see Encyclopedic History..., p.791-792.


 * Area of the County: Located in the north central part of Bingham County, and a small part of Bonneville County, Idaho.
 * Headquarters in (town):In Shelley.
 * Boundaries of stake:The stake extends northward to the Idaho Falls Stake, east to the mountains, south to the Blackfoot Stake, and west to the desert.

History Timeline up to about 1930


 * 1914 - At a stake conference of the Blackfoot Stake held Aug. 16, 1914, attended by Apostles Francis M. Lyman and George F. Richards, the Blackfoot Stake was divided and the north part of the same organized into a new stake called the Shelley Stake. The following wards which had belonged to the Blackfoot Stake were taken from said stake and organized into the Shelley Stake: Basalt, Goshen, Jameston, Kimball, Shelley 1st, Shelley 2nd, Taylor and Woodville.
 * 1920 - The stake secured the creamery property for a site on which to build a stake tabernacle Jan. 14.
 * 1927 - Work of construction was commenced June 29, 1927, and pushed forward with vigor and determination.

Obtain the Records

 * List of {{FHL|Saints. Shelley Stake[Family History Library|FamilySearch Library]].
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Wards and Branches
Basalt, Firth, Goshen, Jameston, Kimball, Shelley 1st, Shelley 2nd, Taylor and Woodville.

Basalt Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.43.

Boundaries:
 * Located in that part of Snake River Valley which lies between Blackfoot on the south, Goshen, on the east and Shelley on the north. The ward extends north and south about eighteen miles, and east and west about ten miles, taking in a scope of country lying on the east side of Snake River.

History timeline
 * 1885 - The locality originally called Cedar Point settlement was organized Oct. 18, as a branch of the Lewisville Ward,
 * 1886-1887 - When the Eagle Rock Ward was organized in November, 1886, the branch was attached to that ward, where it remained until Aug. 19, 1888, when the Cedar Point Branch was organized as a bishop’s ward, called Basalt, (as a part of the Bannock Stake). On the same date two other new wards were organized in the Bannock Stake, namely, the Taylor Ward and the Willow Creek Ward. At the time of its organization the Basalt Ward contained all that strip of country lying south of Eagle Rock (Idaho Falls) and extending southward as far as there were any Latter-day Saints in the Snake River Valley. Thus Basalt Ward became the parent ward of a number of other ward organizations.

Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Firth Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 251.

Boundaries: History timeline
 * Located in between Basalt and Kimball wards. It extends to the Snake River on the west and to Goshen Ward on the east. The center of the ward is the railroad town of Firth, six miles southwest of Shelley and 15 miles northeast of Blackfoot, Idaho.
 * 1924 - Firth Ward is an outgrowth of the Basalt Ward and was organized June 15, when the Basalt Ward was divided, and it's south part organized as the Firth Ward.

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 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Goshen Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.291.

Boundaries: History timeline:
 * Located in the great Snake River Valley which lies immediately east of Sand Creek. The Goshen meeting house, centrally located in the village of Goshen, is five miles east of the Basalt center, 17 miles northeast of Blackfoot, 15 miles southwest of Idaho Falls, and seven miles southeast of Shelley.
 * 1898 - An L. D. S. Sunday school was organized April 3, 1898, and in that year a L. D. S. meeting house was built.
 * 1910–1915 - A fine white sandstone chapel was built in Goshen at a cost of about $16,000.

Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Jameston Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.373.

Boundaries: History timeline:
 * Located in that part of Snake River Valley which lies between Shelley on the west and Taylor on the east. North and east the ward extends to the county line between Bingham and Bonneville counties and south to the Goshen Ward.
 * 1907 - Jameston Ward, president of the Blackfoot Stake of Zion, is an outgrowth of the Taylor Ward, and was organized Oct. 13, when the Taylor Ward was divided, and the west part of the same organized as the Jameston Ward.

Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Kimball Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



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 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Shelley 1st Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



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 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Taylor Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Woodville Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.