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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Rigby (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Rigby. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Rigby is located in Jefferson County and is the County Seat.

To see how the shape of Idaho's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jefferson County: Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Clark, Fremont & Madison.

Below are the counties that are near Rigby. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Rigby:

  • Jefferson County     (The home county of Rigby)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rigby, with the one closest to Rigby listed first.
    • Annis
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annis
      • Annis is located in Jefferson County
    • Garfield
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garfield have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
      • Garfield is located in Jefferson County
    • Menan
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Menan have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menan
      • Menan is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menan <2>
    • Lewisville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewisville have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
      • Lewisville is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisville <2>
    • Ririe
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ririe
      • Ririe is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 694 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ririe <2>
    • Roberts
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roberts have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberts
      • Roberts is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 649 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roberts <2>
    • Hamer
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamer have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamer
      • Hamer is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamer <2>
    • Terreton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Terreton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Terreton
      • Terreton is located in Jefferson County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Terreton <2>
    • Mud Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mud Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Lake
      • Mud Lake is located in Jefferson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mud Lake <2>
  • Bingham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rigby, with the one closest to Rigby listed first.
    • Woodville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
      • Woodville is located in Bingham County
    • Shelley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelley
      • Shelley is located in Bingham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,652 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelley <2>
    • Basalt
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Basalt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basalt
      • Basalt is located in Bingham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basalt <2>
    • Firth
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Firth have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firth
      • Firth is located in Bingham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Firth <2>
  • Bonneville County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rigby, with the one closest to Rigby listed first.
    • Ucon
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ucon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ucon
      • Ucon is located in Bonneville County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,172 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ucon <2>
    • Iona
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iona have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
      • Iona is located in Bonneville County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,441 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iona <2>
    • Ammon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ammon have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
      • Ammon is located in Bonneville County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,726 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ammon <2>
    • Idaho Falls
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ozone
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ozone. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozone
      • Ozone is located in Bonneville County
    • Taylorville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
      • Taylorville is located in Bonneville County
    • Bone
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bone
      • Bone is located in Bonneville County
  • Fremont County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rigby, with the one closest to Rigby listed first.
    • Egin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egin
      • Egin is located in Fremont County
    • Teton
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teton
      • Teton is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Teton <2>
    • Wilford
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilford
      • Wilford is located in Fremont County
    • Parker
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parker have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker
      • Parker is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parker <2>
    • Newdale
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newdale have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
      • Newdale is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 313 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newdale <2>
    • Saint Anthony
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Anthony have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
      • Saint Anthony is located in Fremont County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Anthony <2>
    • Chester
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Madison County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Rigby, with the one closest to Rigby listed first.
    • Archer
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
      • Archer is located in Madison County
    • Rexburg
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Walker
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Walker is located in Madison County
    • Plano
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plano
      • Plano is located in Madison County
    • Edmonds
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edmonds
      • Edmonds is located in Madison County
    • Sugar City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar City
      • Sugar City is located in Madison County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sugar City <2>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Rigby, see our County-by-County Page for Rigby.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Rigby ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Rigby.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Rigby. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Rigby and those printed in the larger area surrounding Rigby.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<4> of Rigby.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Rigby:

Cemeteries Near Rigby ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Rigby.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Rigby covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Rigby, with the one closest to Rigby listed first.

  • Rigby Pioneer Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rigby Pioneer Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Rigby.
    • The Rigby Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rigby Pioneer Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #219994 <5>
  • Annis Little Butte Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Annis Little Butte Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the south of Rigby.
    • The Annis Little Butte Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Little Butte Cemetery
    • Menan City Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Annis Little Butte Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #155547 <5>
  • Milo Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Milo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Milo Cemetery
  • Lewisville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lewisville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lewisville Cemetery
  • Central Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Central Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Central Cemetery
  • Ucon Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Ririe - Shelton Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Ririe - Shelton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southwest of Ririe.
    • The Ririe - Shelton Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Ririe Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ririe - Shelton Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #80622 <5>
  • Sutton Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Burton Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Burton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Burton Cemetery
  • Lincoln Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Cemetery
  • Beaver Dick Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Beaver Dick Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Beaver Dick Cemetery
  • Iona Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Iona Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Iona Cemetery
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Rexburg Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Rose Hill Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Ammon Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ammon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ammon Cemetery

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<6>

While we didn't find Rigby in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Rigby.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Rigby, with the one closest to Rigby listed first.

  • Idaho Falls
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Teton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Teton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Teton
    • Teton is located in Fremont County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Teton <2>
  • Saint Anthony
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Anthony have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Anthony
    • Saint Anthony is located in Fremont County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,598 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Anthony <2>
  • Basalt
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Basalt have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basalt
    • Basalt is located in Bingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basalt <2>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Rigby. See our List of 1890's Communities around Rigby.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rigby. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Jefferson County: www.co.jefferson.id.us/

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rigby) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rigby. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.6744, Longitude: -111.9147    
<5>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<6>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Rigby, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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