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Bear Lake County, Idaho

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92historic places

—earliest paper

1875formed

6,372pop. 2020

12cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 92 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Paris, Montpelier, Georgetown.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Idaho is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Bear Lake titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

88 of 92 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

92 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Allred, Ezra, Bungalow	Paris	Building	1982
Allred, Ezra, Cottage	Paris	Building	1982
Ashley, Dr. George, House	Paris	Building	1982
Ashley, George, Sr., House	Paris	Building	1982
Athay, Sam, House	Paris	Building	1982
Bagley, John A., House	Montpelier	Building	1978
Bear Lake County Courthouse	Paris	Building	1977
Bear Lake Market	Paris	Building	1982
Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle	Paris	Building	1972
Beck Barns and Automobile Storage	Paris	Building	1982
Bishop West Barn	Paris	Building	1982
Browning Block	Paris	Building	1982
Budge Cottage	Paris	Building	1982
Budge, Alfred, House	Paris	Building	1982
Budge, Julia, House	Paris	Building	1982
Budge, Taft, Bungalow	Paris	Building	1983
Clayton, Russell, Bungalow	Paris	Building	1983
Cole House	Paris	Building	1982
Collings, James, Jr., House	Paris	Building	1982
Cook, Joseph, House	Paris	Building	1982
Davis, E. F., House	Paris	Building	1982
Georgetown Relief Society Hall	Georgetown	Building	1998
Grimmett, John, Jr., House and Outbuildings	Paris	Building	1983
Grimmett, Orson, Bungalow	Paris	Building	1983
Grunder Cabin and Outbuildings	Paris	Building	1982
Hoffman Barn	Paris	Building	1982
Hoge, Walter, House	Paris	Building	1982
Hotel Paris	Paris	Building	1982
Hulme, Amos, Barn	Paris	Building	1982
Innes, Kate, House	Paris	Building	1983
Innes, Thomas, House	Paris	Building	1982
Jaussi Bungalow	Paris	Building	1982
Keller House and Derick	Paris	Building	1982
Kelsey, Robert, Bungalow	Paris	Building	1983
LDS Seminary	Paris	Building	1982
LDS Stake Office Building	Paris	Building	1982
Latham Bungalow	Paris	Building	1983
Law, Oren, House and Outbuildings	Paris	Building	1982
Lewis Barn	Paris	Building	1982
Lewis Bungalow	Paris	Building	1983
Lewis, Fred, Cottage	Paris	Building	1983
Linvall, J. L., House and Outbuilding	Paris	Building	1982
Linvall, Robb, House	Paris	Building	1982
Low, Morris, Bungalow	Paris	Building	1982
Montpelier Historic District	Montpelier	District	1978
Montpelier Odd Fellows Hall	Montpelier	Building	1978
Nelson, Wilhelmina, House and Cabins	St. Charles	Building	1976
Nye, James, House	Paris	Building	1983
Old LDS Tithing/Paris Post Building	Paris	Building	1982
Paris Cemetery	Paris	Site	1982
Paris Lumber Company Building	Paris	Building	1982
Paris Photo Studio	Paris	Building	1982
Paris Public School	Paris	Building	1982
Pendrey Drug Store Building	Paris	Building	1982
Pendrey, Arthur, Cottage	Paris	Building	1982
Pendrey, Joe and Zina, Bungalow	Paris	Building	1983
Poulson, Jim, House	Paris	Building	1982
Preston Bungalow	Paris	Building	1983
Price, Dan, House	Paris	Building	1982
Price, Fred, Bungalow	Paris	Building	1983
Price, Herber, Bungalow	Paris	Building	1983
Price, Joe, House	Paris	Building	1982
Price, Robert, House	Paris	Building	1982
Ream, William and Nora, House	Dingle	Building	1991
Rich, Joseph, Barn	Paris	Building	1982
Rich, Landon, House	Paris	Building	1982
Rich, William L., House	Paris	Building	1982
Rich-Grandy Cabin	Paris	Building	1982
Rogers, Franklin, Bungalow	Paris	Building	1982
Rogers, Frederick, House	Paris	Building	1982
Scofield, Anna Nielsen, House	Fish Haven	Building	1999
Sheidigger, John, House and Outbuildings	Paris	Building	1982
Shepherd Bungalow	Paris	Building	1983
Shepherd Hardware	Paris	Building	1982
Shepherd, Earl, Bungalow	Paris	Building	1982
Shepherd, J. R., House	Paris	Building	1982
Shepherd, Les and Hazel, Bungalow	Paris	Building	1982
Shepherd, Ted, Cottage	Paris	Building	1982
Sleight, Thomas, Cabin	Paris	Building	1982
Smedley, Thomas, House	Paris	Building	1982
Spencer, George, House	Paris	Building	1982
Stoker, Henry, House and Outbuildings	Paris	Building	1982
Stucki, J. U., House and Outbuildings	Paris	Building	1983
Sutton, John, House	Paris	Building	1982
Taylor's Candy Factory	Paris	Building	1983
Taylor, Arthur, House	Paris	Building	1982
Telephone Company Bungalow	Paris	Building	1982
Tueller, Jacob, Jr., House	Paris	Building	1982
Tueller, Jacob, Sr., House	Paris	Building	1982
Wallentine Farmstead	Paris	Building	1982
Weilermann, Gus, House	Paris	Building	1982
Wives of Charles C. Rich Historic District	Paris	District	1982

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Bear Lake was formed in 1875 (1875-01-05) from Oneida.

BEAR LAKE created by Idaho Territory from ONEIDA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Bear Lake County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,235	7,051	8,783	7,911	6,834	7,148	6,931	6,411	6,372

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

12 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 12 of 12 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bennington Cemetery	42.37756	-111.30796
Bloomington Cemetery	42.18451	-111.41152
Dingle Cemetery	42.20603	-111.25658
Fish Haven Cemetery	42.04656	-111.39615
Geneva Cemetery	42.36102	-111.0895
Lanark Cemetery	42.2652	-111.4188
Liberty Cemetery	42.32196	-111.45606
Nounan Cemetery	42.44408	-111.43315
Ovid Cemetery	42.29214	-111.40409
Raymond Cemetery	42.2852	-111.05407
Saint Charles Cemetery	42.10583	-111.39721
Skinner Cemetery	42.48114	-111.44114

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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