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Quick Facts
Former name
Geographic location
City Hall
http://rigby.govoffice.com/
Rigby City hall
158 W. Fremont Avenue
Rigby, Idaho 83442
(208) 745-8111
Resources
Biography
Cemeteries
- Rigby Pioneer Cemetery BillionGraves
Church History and Records
Baptist
Current
Bethel Baptist Church
3866 East 400 North
Rigby, ID 83442-5434
(208) 745-9266
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Current
There are three meetinghouses with several Rigby Wards (Congregations) plus the Lorenzo Ward meeting in them.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
258 West 1st North
Rigby, ID 83442-5457
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
401 west 1st South
Rigby, ID 83442
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
4021 East 300 North
Rigby, ID 83442
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 Rigby Wards (1886-1948) are included.
Lutheran
Current
Crown of Life Lutheran Church
3856 Lewisville Hwy
Rigby, Idaho 83442
(208) 745-7191
Pentecostal
Harvest Time
386 North 4050 East
Rigby, ID 83442-5573
(208) 745-9267
Directories
The Idaho State Archives in Boise has a collection of city, county, state and regional directories.
Funeral Homes
Eckersell Memorial Chapel
101 W Main St
Rigby, Idaho 83442
208) 745-6604
History
Rigby is in Jefferson County, Idaho, it is an important town and business center on the Yellowstone branch of the Oregon short Line Railroad, 14 miles northeast of Idaho Falls. Rigby is also the center of a rich and somewhat extensive farming district. Rigby was founded by William W. Parks and others in 1883. The total population of the Rigby Precinct was 1,260 in 1930.
Additional history of Rigby, 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. 709.
Maps
Military History and Records
Minorities
Newspapers
Current
Jefferson Star
134 West Main Street
Rigby, ID 83422
Ph. 208-745-8701
email - epoole@jeffersonstarnews.com
Weekly
Historical
Copies of issues of the following Rigby newspapers are in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise:
Jefferson County star 1979:1:3-1981:12:24
Jefferson star 1981:12:31-to date
Rigby star 1906:1:5-1975:12:25
Star 1976:1:1-1978:12:27
Obituaries
School Records
Websites
References
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