Lewisville, Jefferson County, Idaho Genealogy

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City Hall
Lewisville City Clerks P.O. Box 160 Lewisville. Idaho 83431 (208) 754-8608

Current
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints‎ 474 Lewisville Highway Lewisville, ID 83431

(208) 754-0481

Church of Jesus Christ of LDS‎ Lewisville, ID 83431

(208) 754-4678

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 Lewisville Ward (1884-1948) are included.

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

Funeral Homes
Eckersell Memorial Chapel 101 W Main St Rigby, Idaho 83442 208) 745-6604 http://www.eckersellfuneralhome.com/index.cfm

History
It was founded in 1882 by Richard Franklin Jardine, Edmund Ellsworth, Brigham Henry Ellsworth and other. The town ship was surveyed that year, canal-digging followed soon afterwards. The town of Lewisville contains 320 areas of land. It is situated about 4 miles east of the Snake River, 15 miles north of Idaho Falls. The total population of Lewisville Precinct was 890 in 1930.

Additional history of Lewisville, 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. 431.

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