Inkom, Bannock County, Idaho Genealogy

United States Idaho  Bannock County  Inkom

Quick Facts
Geographic location: Google

City Hall
City of Inkom 365 North Rapid Creek Road Inkom,ID 83245-1544 (208) 775-3372

Cemeteries
The principal cemetery for Inkom is the Inkom Cemetery, although many of the residents of Inkom have been buried in the cemeteries in Pocatello.

Current
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints‎ Inkom, Rapid Creek and Skyline Wards 973 North Rapid Creek Road Inkom, ID 83245

(208) 775-3300

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  (1906-1948) are in this collection.

Other
Inkom Community Bible Church‎ 251 Grant Avenue Inkom, ID 83245

(208) 775-4420

Directories
The Idaho State Archives has in its collections copies of city, county, state and regional directories.

Funeral Home
Colonial Funeral Home 2005 S 4th Ave Pocatello, ID 8320 (208) 904-1973 Cornelison-Henderson Funeral 431 N 15th Ave Pocatello, ID 83201 (208) 232-054 Downard Funeral Home 241 N Garfield Ave Pocatello, ID 83204 (208) 233-0686 Manning Wheatley Funeral Chpl 510 N 12th Ave Pocatello, ID 83201 (208) 232-7199 Marsh Valley Funeral Home 421 Center St McCammon, ID 83250 (208) 254-3786

History
Inkom was part of an Indian reservation until 1892. When the land was thrown open to white settlers. The first settlers to enter homesteads at the Blackfoot Land Office were in June 1892. Inkom is in the Portneuf Canyon, along the Portneuf River, between Pocatello and McCammon. The Oregon Short Line Railroad built a station here. Most of the land is irrigated, but considerable dry farming is done. The total population in Inkom Precinct was 738 in 1930.

Additional history of Inkom, 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. 363.


 * 1) Yester - years : in and around Inkom, Idaho
 * 2) Ingacom: a history of the Inkom area; Inkom, Buckskin, Onyx, Lower Marsh Creek, and Blackrock

Newspapers
The Idaho State Archives has no copies of newspapers published in Inkom. Copies of some of the other Idaho newspapers may be of interest to residents of Inkom.