Heyburn, Minidoka County, Idaho Genealogy

United States > Idaho > Minidoka County > Heyburn, Idaho

City Hall
Heyburn City Hall 941 18th Street P O Box 147 Heyburn, ID 83336 Phone: 208-679-8158

Current
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ‎ Heyburn 1st and 2nd wards 530 Villa Drive Heyburn, ID 83336

(208) 679-8176

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints‎ Paul 3rd and 4th Wards 300 South 500 West Heyburn, ID 83336

(208) 679-3869

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 Heyburn Ward(1905-1948) are among this collections.

Other
Mini-Cassia Community Church‎ 720 J Street Heyburn, ID 83336-7684

(208) 677-4320

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

History
George E. Hellewell and Miss Mary A. B. Hellewell were the first persons to file entry on land in the section of country in 1905. After they arrived the government surveyed the town and established a post office named in honor of Senator Weldon B. Heyburn. The town was first called Riverton then changed to Heyburn. In 1904 the Oregon Short Line Railroad started hauling material from Minidoka to the river to build a railroad bridge across the Snake River. To read more heyburnidaho.org/

Additional history of Heyburn, 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. 334.

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