Carey, Idaho

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City Hall
Carey City Hall 20482 Main Street Carey, Idaho 83320

Cemeteries
LDS Cemetery Records

Vol. 5 page 166 - Carey # 2 Cemetery

Current
Carey First and Second Wards

20494 North Main Street Carey, ID 83320

(208) 823-4411

Historical
Many of the original records of church units are in the Family 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 (1902-1948) are found here.

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

History
The Little Wood River Valley is where Carey is located. The first postmaster was named James Carey in 1885 the post office was named Carey. Some say that the town was named after Thomas Carey Stanford, younger brother of Cyrus Joseph Stanford (who was the leader of those colonists). However, Thomas Stanford's middle name was Charles, not Carey. The Great Depression was very hard on the town and it never recovered. The total population of Carey Precinct was 767 in 1930

Additional history of Carey, 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. 118.

Historical
There are no copies of issues of Carey newspapers in the Idaho State Archives, however, newspapers from nearby towns which may be in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise, should be of interest to residents of Carey.