Roberts, Jefferson County, Idaho Genealogy

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Former name
Roberts was once known as Market Lake Idaho.

City Hall
Roberts City Hall 647 N 2872 E Roberts, ID 83444 Phone:(208) 228-3220

Cemeteries
LDS Cemetery Records

US Vol. 24 page 69 - Roberts Cemetery

Current
Roberts 2nd Ward 663 N 2858 E Roberts, ID 208-228-3821

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 Roberts Ward (1886-1948) are included.

Other
Roberts Community Church

637 2872 East, Roberts, ID 83444 (208) 228-2291

Roberts Community Church was built in 1912. For many years, it was associated with Village Missions Ministry. The Church shared a pastor with the Mud Lake Community.

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

History
Roberts is a farming district in that part of the Snake River Valley which lies north of Idaho Falls. The center of the town is a station on the Oregon Short Line Railroad, on the west side of the Snake River, 15 miles west of Rigby. The total population of the Roberts Precinct was 806 in 1930.

Additional history of Roberts, 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. 714.

Newspapers
Copies of issues of the following Roberts newspapers are in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise :


 * Roberts Sentinel -- 1912:1-1914; 1914:6:12
 * Gem State Sentinel -- 1935:6:6
 * Market Lake Citizen -- 1959:7:16-1970:12:10