Pocatello, Idaho

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Quick History
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Largest city in the county. Situtated on the Oregon Trail route.

Former name: Pocatello Junction

City Hall
911 N 7th Ave. Pocatello, ID 83201 (208) 234-6582

Cemeteries
There are three cemeteries in Pocatello. Those that have been identified are listed below, with their location and any links to abstracts of their records. See the web site entitled Cemeteries of Bannock County Idaho

Mount Moriah Cemetery
now a part of Mountainview Cemetery


 * 1) Bannock County ID USGenWeb Project

Mountainview Cemetery

 * 1) Findagrave.com
 * 2) Bannock County ID USGenWeb Project
 * 3) Idaho Gravestone Photo Project

Restlawn Memorial Gardens

 * 1) Findagrave.com
 * 2) Bannock County ID USGenWeb Project
 * 3) Idaho Gravestone Photo Project

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

 * Pocatello


 * 1) Record of Members, 1890-1914
 * 2) Annual genealogical report, Form E 1907-1908


 * Pocatello 1st


 * 1) Record of Members, 1901-1941
 * 2) Annual genealogical report, Form E 1909-1948


 * Pocatello 2nd


 * 1) Record of Members, 1908-1941
 * 2) Annual genealogical report, Form E 1909-1948


 * Pocatello 3rd


 * 1) Record of Members, 1915-1941
 * 2) Annual genealogical report, Form E 1916-1948


 * Pocatello 4th


 * 1) Record of Members, 1921-1941
 * 2) Annual genealogical report, Form E 1921-1948


 * Pocatello 5th


 * 1) Record of Members, 1921-1941
 * 2) Annual genealogical report, Form E 1921-1948


 * Pocatello 6th


 * 1) Record of Members, 1921-1941
 * 2) Annual genealogical report, Form E 1921-1948


 * Pocatello 7th


 * 1) Record of Members, 1914-1941
 * 2) Annual genealogical report, Form E 1914-1948
 * 3) Book of Tyhee : Fiftieth anniversary of Seventh Ward, North Pocatello Stake, Pocatello, Idaho


 * Pocatello 8th


 * 1) Annual genealogical report, Form E 1943-1948


 * Pocatello 9th


 * 1) Annual genealogical report, Form E 1943-1948


 * Pocatello 10th


 * 1) Annual genealogical report, Form E 1944-1948


 * Pocatello 11th


 * 1) Annual genealogical report, Form E 1944-1948


 * Pocatello 12th


 * 1) Annual genealogical report, Form E 1944-1948


 * Pocatello 13th


 * 1) Annual genealogical report, Form E 1945-1948


 * Pocatello 14th


 * 1) Annual genealogical report, Form E 1946-1948


 * Pocatello Stake


 * 1) Mutual Improvement Assocation life 1938-39


 * Pocatello West Stake


 * 1) Pocatello West Stake hilights, 1945-1980

Episcopal

 * Trinity Episcopal Church (including Saint Andrew's Chapel)


 * 1) communicants and confirmations

Presbyterian

 * First United Presbyterian Church


 * 1) Pocatello Presbyterian Church history : honoring our 75th anniversary

Roman Catholic

 * Diocese of Boise
 * 1) Catholic chancery records of Idaho, master index (26 volumes)
 * Saint Anthony's Catholic


 * 1) Baptisms, marriages, deaths 1914-1965


 * Saint Joseph's Catholic


 * 1) Baptisms, marriages, Communions, confirmations, deaths 1886-1965

Directories
The Idaho State Historical Society in Boise has a collection of city, county, regional and state directories. Among the holdings of that collection are city directories for Pocatello for the years 1930-31, 1932-33, 1936-37, 1938-39 1940-41, 1953, 1955 to 1958, 1960 to 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970 to 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1981 to 1983, 1986 to 1988, and 1990 to 1995.

Newspapers
Copies of issues of the following newspapers, published in Pocatello, are in the collections of the Idaho State Historical Society in Boise.

Idaho Herald -- 27 Sep. 1889 through 11 Oct. 1897 Pocatello Tribune, weekly -- 6 Jan. 1893 through 29 Sep. 1949 Daily Pocatello Tribune -- 15 Mar. 1897 through 15 May 1897 Pocatello Advance -- 23 Dec. 1898 through 10 Feb. 1899 ISU Techniad, Bengal, Speculum, Advocate -- 1 Nov. 1910 through 7 May 1980 Tribune War Bulletin -- 7 May 1917 through 13 May 1917 Pocatello Free Press -- 5 Apr. 1929 Idaho Examiner -- 10 Dec 1932 through 13 Dec 1947 Idaho Labor -- 15 Apr. 1933 through 24 July 1937 Pocatello Budget -- 29 June 1935 Pocatello Chieftain -- Jan. 1936 through Sep. 1938 Pocatello Shopper News -- 13 Oct. 1939 Pocatello Post -- 7 Dec. 1947 through 30 Sep. 1949 Idaho State Journal -- 2 Oct. 1949 to the present Bannock Newsletter -- 5 Feb. 1959 through 3 Sep. 1959 Intermountain -- 27 July 1967

Copies of the Idaho State Journal, 2 Oct. 1949 to Dec. 1977 are also available online at Ancestry.com

The Idaho State Journal is currently being published in Pocatello.

School Records
The Idaho State Historical Society has some school yearbooks for Pocatello High School for the years 1921, 1923, 1929, 1949, 1950. The yearbook was called the Pocatellian.

The State Historical Society also has yearbooks for Idaho State College/Idaho State University for the years 1919, 1923-1924, 1927, 1931-1935, 1937, 1942, 1947-1953, 1956, 1963, 1966-1968, and 1970. The ISU yearbook was called The Wickiup. An Alumni Directory for Idaho State University for the years 1980, 1984, and 1989 is also in the holdings of the Idaho State Historical Society.

Web Sites
Wikipedia page for Pocatello.