Talk:Stakes and Wards of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Jefferson County, Idaho

Idaho Jefferson County Church Records  Rigby Stake, Idaho LDS Church Wards and Branches

This page includes the boundaries of wards and branches around 1930's, a timeline history, and how to obtain the records.

Source for this page: p. 708-709.

Rigby Stake (Bonneville County)
Stake boundaries as of about 1930 — see Encyclopedic History..., p.708-709.


 * Area of the County:Jefferson County, and the north part of Bonneville County, Idaho.
 * Headquarters in (town):Rigby.
 * Boundaries of stake:located in Jefferson County, Idaho.

History Timeline up to about 1930


 * 1884 - The first Latter-day Saint settlers in the great Snake River Valley affiliated with the Cache Stake of Zion, and when the Bannock Stake was organized in 1884, they became members of that stake.
 * 1895 - The Bannock Stake was divided and the south part of the same was organized as the Bingham Stake, Rigby and adjoining settlements became an important part of that stake, and remained so until Feb. 3, 1908, when the Bingham Stake was divided and the north part of the same was organized into a new stake of Zion called the Rigby Stake. The Palisade Branch was added afterwards.
 * 1911 - The stake office, a rock building, was erected at Rigby, at a cost of about $6,000.

Obtain the Records

 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

Wards and Branches
Annis, Bybee, Clark, Garfield, Grant, LaBelle, Lewisville, Lorenzo, Menan, Perry, Rigby 1st, Rigby 2nd, Rifle and Roberts and Palisade Branch.

Annis Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.23-24.

Boundaries:


 * Located in that part of Poole’s Island, which is bounded on the north by the south fork of Snake River, east by the Lorenzo Ward, south by the dry bed of Snake River and west by Menan Ward.

History timeline


 * 1879 - Annis Ward is an outgrowth of the Menan Ward.
 * 1900 - As the settlers in Menan Ward increased in number, the saints in what is now the Annis Ward were organized in the summer of 1900 as a branch of the Church, belonging to the Menan Ward.


 * 1904 - This branch was organized as a regular bishop’s ward Oct. 23.


 * 1906 - The meeting house is a black sandstone building, erected in 1906.

Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.