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Bingham County, Idaho

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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—digitized titles

17historic places

—earliest paper

1885formed

47,992pop. 2020

12cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 17 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Blackfoot, Fort Hall, Firth.

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 Bingham titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

13 of 17 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

17 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Blackfoot I.O.O.F. Hall	Blackfoot	Building	1979
Blackfoot LDS Tabernacle	Blackfoot	Building	1977
Blackfoot Railway Depot	Blackfoot	Building	1974
Eastern Idaho District Fair Historic District	Blackfoot	District	2001
Fort Hall Site	Fort Hall	Site	1974
Idaho Republican Building	Blackfoot	Building	1979
Jones, J. W., Building	Blackfoot	Building	1982
Just, Nels and Emma, House	Firth	Building	2020
Lincoln Creek Day School	Fort Hall	Building	2010
North Shilling Historic District	Blackfoot	District	1979
Nuart Theater	Blackfoot	Building	1978
Ross Fork Episcopal Church	Fort Hall	Building	1983
Ross Fork Oregon Short Lines Railroad Depot	Fort Hall	Building	1984
Shilling Avenue Historic District	Blackfoot	District	1983
St. Paul's Episcopal Church	Blackfoot	Building	1979
Standrod Bank	Blackfoot	Building	1979
US Post Office-Blackfoot Main	Blackfoot	Building	1989

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Bingham was formed in 1885 (1885-01-13) from Oneida.

BINGHAM created by Idaho Territory from ONEIDA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Bingham County population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1890	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
13,575	10,447	18,310	21,044	23,271	28,218	36,489	41,735	47,992

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 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 12 of 12 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Aberdeen Cemetery	42.94312	-112.82194
Basalt Cemetery	43.3329	-112.16154
Gibson Cemetery	43.12682	-112.38308
Good Shepherd Cemetery	43.02603	-112.42643
Grove City Cemetery	43.20047	-112.32803
Groveland Cemetery	43.2269	-112.38179
Hillcrest Cemetery	43.36608	-112.12661
Homestead Cemetery	42.90755	-112.88923
Moreland Cemetery	43.22721	-112.4697
Riverview Cemetery	43.3149	-112.18653
Ross Fork Cemetery	43.04788	-112.27568
Thomas Riverside Cemetery	43.19581	-112.48353

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Peterson	43.23992	-112.37609
Trailton	43.12992	-111.91191

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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