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Bonneville County, Idaho

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32historic places

—earliest paper

1911formed

123,964pop. 2020

11cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 32 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Idaho Falls, Idaho, Iona.

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 Bonneville titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

20 of 32 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

32 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Art Troutner Houses Historic District	Idaho Falls	District	2008
Beckman, Andrew and Johanna M., Farm	Idaho	Building	1992
Beckman, Oscar and Christina, Farmstead	Idaho Falls	Building	1991
Bonneville County Courthouse	Idaho Falls	Building	1979
Bonneville Hotel	Idaho Falls	Building	1984
Douglas-Farr Building	Idaho Falls	Building	1984
Eagle Rock Ferry	Idaho Falls	Site	1974
Eleventh Street Historic District	Idaho Falls	District	1997
Farmers and Merchants Bank Building	Idaho Falls	Building	1984
First Presbyterian Church	Idaho Falls	Building	1978
Hasbrouck Building	Idaho Falls	Building	1984
Holy Rosary Church	Idaho Falls	Building	2002
Hotel Idaho	Idaho Falls	Building	1984
I.O.O.F. Building	Idaho Falls	Building	1984
Idaho Falls Airport Historic District	Idaho Falls	District	1997
Idaho Falls City Building	Idaho Falls	Building	1984
Idaho Falls Public Library	Idaho Falls	Building	1984
Iona Meetinghouse	Iona	Building	1973
Kress Building	Idaho Falls	Building	1984
Montgomery Ward Building	Idaho Falls	Building	1984
New Sweden School	Idaho Falls	Building	1991
Palisades Dam and Powerplant Historic District	Palisades	District	2018
Ridge Avenue Historic District	Idaho Falls	District	1993
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company Building	Idaho Falls	Building	1984
Sealander, Carl S. and Lizzie, Farmstead	Idaho Falls	Building	1992
Shane Building	Idaho Falls	Building	1984
Shelton L.D.S. Ward Chapel	Ririe	Building	1979
St. John Lutheran Church	Idaho Falls	Building	2024
Trinity Methodist Church	Idaho Falls	Building	1977
U.S. Post Office	Idaho Falls	Building	1979
Underwood Hotel	Idaho Falls	Building	1984
Wasden Site (Owl Cave)	Idaho Falls	Site	1976

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Bonneville was formed in 1911 (1911-02-07) from Bingham.

BONNEVILLE created from BINGHAM.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Bonneville County population from 1920 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
17,501	25,697	30,210	46,906	65,980	82,522	123,964

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

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

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Ammon Cemetery	43.4663	-111.93052
Iona Cemetery	43.49566	-111.9357
Lincoln Cemetery	43.51084	-111.98341
Milo Cemetery	43.61184	-111.87366
New Sweden Cemetery	43.46834	-112.10502
Ririe Cemetery	43.61326	-111.78627
Rose Hill Cemetery	43.47765	-112.04042
Swan Valley Cemetery	43.44099	-111.27552
Taylor Cemetery	43.38049	-112.01878
Ucon Cemetery	43.58945	-111.95473
Woodville Cemetery	43.43214	-112.14747

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Caribou City	43.10297	-111.26466
Keenan City	43.14075	-111.34022

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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