Rupert, Minidoka County, Idaho Genealogy
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Quick Facts[edit | edit source]
Former name[edit | edit source]
Geographic location[edit | edit source]
City Hall[edit | edit source]
Rupert City Hall
624 F Street
PO Box 426
Rupert, Idaho 83350-0426
Phone: 208-436-9600
Fax: 208-436-9920
Resources[edit | edit source]
Biography[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Church History and Records[edit | edit source]
Baptist[edit | edit source]
Rupert Baptist
623 S 3rd St
Rupert, ID 83350-2006
(208) 436-0546
First Baptist Church- Rupert
807 5th St
Rupert, ID 83350-1508
(208) 436-6325
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[edit | edit source]
Current[edit | edit source]
There are several meetinghouses of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Rupert. Click on the link and fill in Rupert, Idaho.
Historical[edit | edit source]
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 Rupert Ward
Episcopal[edit | edit source]
Current[edit | edit source]
St Nicholas Church
802 F St
Rupert, ID 83350-1404
(208) 436-3781
St. Matthews Episcopal Church
902 6th St
Rupert, ID 83350-1515
(208) 436-4904
Historical[edit | edit source]
The FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has microfilmed a copy of the records of the Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church in Rupert (1914-1996), that are found in the Trinity Episcopal Church of Pocatello, Idaho. These films are available for viewing at the Library in Salt Lake City or in any of its FamilySearch Centers.
Lutheran[edit | edit source]
Trinity Lutheran Church
909 8th St
Rupert, ID 83350-1305
(208) 436-3413
Methodist[edit | edit source]
The United Methodist Church
605 H St
Rupert, ID 83350-1614
(208) 436-3354
Roman Catholic[edit | edit source]
Current[edit | edit source]
Historical[edit | edit source]
Records of the St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Rupert (1912-1964) have been microfilmed by the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah from records held in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise. These films can be viewed at the Library in Salt Lake City or in any of it FamilySearch Centers.
Other[edit | edit source]
Apostolic House of Prayer
94 E Baseline Rd
Rupert, ID 83350
(208) 436-5787
Church of Christ of Central Idaho
724 S 4th St
Rupert, ID 83350-2011
(208) 436-4293
First Christian Praise Chapel
1110 8th St
Rupert, ID 83350-1525
(208) 436-0449
Grace Community Church
100 North Meridian Road
Rupert, ID 83350
(208) 436-3790
Spanish Assembly of God Church
409 E 6th St
Rupert, ID 83350-1723
(208) 436-4018
New Life Assembly of God Church
Rupert, ID 83350-9679
(208) 434-2004
Minidoka Christian Education
275 W 100 S
Rupert, ID 83350
(208) 436-4600
Praise Chapel Open Bible
707 F St
Rupert, ID 83350-1638
(208) 436-0449
Directories[edit | edit source]
The Idaho State Archives in Boise has a collection of city, county, state and regional directories. See: Census 1890: Reconstructed Idaho Information.
Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]
Morrison Funeral Home
188 S Highway 24
Rupert, Idaho 83350
208) 436-1800
History[edit | edit source]
Rupert was one of the first settlements established under the Minidoka Project, and in July,1906 a town site had been surveyed, and there were about one hundred people in the district. It is located on the north side of the Snake River. Rupert is also a station on the Minidoka and Wells branch of the Oregon Short Line Railroad and the terminus of the Rupert and Bliss branches of the line. The total population of the Rupert City was 2,250 in 1930.
Additional history of Rupert, 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. 722.
Maps[edit | edit source]
Military History and Records[edit | edit source]
Minorities[edit | edit source]
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Current[edit | edit source]
518 6th St
Rupert, ID 83350
208-436-4201
Historical[edit | edit source]
- Copies of issues of the following Rupert newspapers are in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise:
Minidoka County news 1919:3:13-9999
Minidoka County patriot 1918:2:7-1919:3:6
News journal 1988:5:11-1991:9:11
Rupert Democrat 1917:5:23-1918:1:31
Rupert pioneer 1905:9:14-1908:3:5
Rupert pioneer-record 1908:3:25-1923:8:30
Rupert record 1905:9:28-1908:3:19