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''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] > [[Idaho Genealogy|Idaho]] > [[Bonneville County, Idaho Genealogy|Bonneville County]] > Ammon, Idaho''  
''[[United States|United States]] > [[Idaho|Idaho]] > [[Bonneville County, Idaho|Bonneville County]] > Ammon, Idaho''  


== Quick Facts  ==
== Quick Facts  ==
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==== Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  ====
==== Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  ====


===== Current =====
There are three meetinghouses in [http://maps.lds.org/ Ammon, Idaho] with several wards meeting in them.
===== Historical  =====
Many of the original records of church units are in the [[Church History Library|Church History Library]] in Salt Lake City. Many of the membership records covering these units from the date of their creation to about 1948 can be accessed online at [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Centers and affiliate libraries].
==== Episcopal  ====
==== Episcopal  ====
==== Lutheran ====


==== Presbyterian  ====
==== Presbyterian  ====
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=== Directories  ===
=== Directories  ===


The Idaho State Archives in Boise has a collection of city, county, regional and state [http://www.digitalarchives.idaho.gov/ directories].  
The Idaho State Archives in Boise has a collection of city, county, regional and state [http://history.idaho.gov/directories.html directories].  


=== Funeral Homes  ===
=== Funeral Homes  ===
'''Wood Funeral Home'''<br>963 S Ammon Rd<br>Ammon, Idaho 83406 <br>(208) 522-2992<br>http://www.woodfuneralhome.com/<br>'''Buck Miller Hann Funeral Home'''<br>825 E 17th St<br>Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404<br>(208) 522-7424<br>http://www.buckmillerhann.com/<br>'''Wood Funeral Home'''<br>273 N Ridge Ave<br>Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402<br>(208) 522-2751<br>http://www.woodfuneralhome.com/<br>'''Nalder Funeral Home'''<br>110 W Oak St<br>Shelley, Idaho 83274<br>(208) 357-3231<br>http://nalderfuneralhome.com/<br>'''Coltrin Mortuary &amp; Crematory'''<br>2100 1st St<br>Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401<br>(208) 524-1000<br>http://www.coltrinmortuary.com/


=== History  ===
=== History  ===
In 1889 the town of Ammon was originally called South Iona because it was the dependent branch in the south end of the Iona, Idaho. Arthur M. Rawson who renamed the town in honor of Ammon, a figure in the Book of Mormon. The township as well as the surrounding farm land is irrigated from the Snake River through canals of the Progressive Irrigation District. The township, surveyed into 10-acre blocks, is about half a mile east of Big Sand Creek. Only a part of the inhabitants reside on the town site; the majority of the people live in a scatter condition on their respective farms. The total population of Ammon Precinct in 1930 was 1,103.
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Additional history of Ammon, Idaho and the early Latter-day Saint settlers there can be found in: <br>Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Company, 1941, p. 21.<br>


=== Maps  ===
=== Maps  ===
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=== Newspapers  ===
=== Newspapers  ===


===== Current =====
Copies of issues of some [http://history.idaho.gov/library_collections.html#anchor562626 newspapers]&nbsp;found in the collections of the Idaho State&nbsp;Archives in Boise may be of use for Ammon residents.  
 
At the present time there does not appear to be a newspaper published in Ammon, Idaho
 
===== Historical  =====
 
Copies of the following newspapers published in Ammon are included in the collections of the [http://www.digitalarchives.idaho.gov/ Idaho State Archivesin Boise.  
 
''American Falls advertiser'' -- 1902: 10:4-1907:7: 10  <br>''American Falls press'' -- 1907:7:27-1937:12:30  <br>''Falls-power &amp; General news'' -- 1899:3:2  <br>''Falls Power County booster'' -- 1932: 10:22-1937:10:29 <br>''Falls Power County press'' -- 1937: 11:4- to date  <br>


=== Obituaries  ===
=== Obituaries  ===
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== References  ==
== References  ==


[[Category:Bonneville_County,_Idaho]]
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http://www.ci.ammon.id.us
Ammon City Hall
2135 South Ammon Road
Ammon, Idaho 83406
(208) 612-4000

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

Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]

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Newspapers[edit | edit source]

Copies of issues of some newspapers found in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise may be of use for Ammon residents.

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