Malta, Idaho

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City Hall

Malta City Clerks
1486 S. 2200 E.
Malta, Idaho 83342
(208) 645-2498

Resources

Cemetery

There is one cemetery in Malta, Idaho. The first recorded internment at Valley Vu Cemetery was Sarah Lankford in 1863. maltaidaho.org contains a history of all residents at this cemetery including funeral programs, obituaries, histories and photos.

Church History and Records

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Current

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints‎
Malta 1st and 2nd Wards

Church Street & 4th
Malta, ID 83342

(208) 645-2503

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 FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City or at its FamilySearch Centers. Records of the Malta Ward(1910-1948) are among this collections.

Directories

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

History

Malta lies in the Raft River Valley. And is located on the west side of the Raft River eight miles south of Idahome, the nearest railroad station on the Oregon Short Line Railroad , 12 miles northeast of Elba and 30 miles north east of Oakley. Malta is situated in the mist of a fertile farming district, irrigated from the Smith and family in 1900’s. The Malta Precinct had a total population of 494 in 1930.

Additional history of Malta, Idaho and the early Latter-day Saint 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. 466.

Newspapers

Historical

There are no copies of issues of Malta newspapers in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise, Idaho, but papers from nearby towns which are in the Archives, may be of interest to the residents of Malta.

Websites

maltaidaho.org has histories, cemetery records, school and church information.