Tetonia, Teton County, Idaho Genealogy

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City Hall
Tetonia City Hall 3192 Perry Avenue P.O. Box 57 Tetonia, Idaho 83452 Phone: 208-456-2249

Current
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints‎ Tetonia 1st and 2nd Wards 209 S Main Tetonia, ID 83452

(208) 456-2221

Historical
Many of the original records of church units are in the Church History Libraryin 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 (1898-1948) are in this collection.

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

History
Among the first settlers in the Tetonia Valley was Edwin S. Little, who in the spring of 1889 settled on the Teton River. The town site is about nine miles northwest of Driggs, and 40 miles east of Rexburg Tetonia celebrated its 100th birthday this year. The Village of Tetonia plat was recorded in Fremont County, Idaho on November 17, 1910 and later transferred to Teton County in 1915.

Additional history of Tetonia, 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. 869.

Historical
There are no copies of issues of Tetonia newspapers in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise, Idaho, but newspaper issues from neighboring towns may be helpful to Tetonia residents.