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Fremont County, Idaho

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

—newspaper titles

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14historic places

—earliest paper

1893formed

13,388pop. 2020

8cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 14 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1979. Most listings are in or near Island Park, St. Anthony, Ashton.

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 Fremont titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

12 of 14 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

14 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Albaugh, Eleanor, Cabin	Island Park	Building	2020
Big Falls Inn	Island Park	Building	2002
Bishop Mountain Lookout	Island Park	District	1986
Conant Creek Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge	Grainville	Structure	1997
Crabtree, Glen and Addie, Cabin	Island Park	Building	2000
Fremont County Courthouse	St. Anthony	Building	1979
Idaho State Industrial School Women's Dormitory	St. Anthony	Building	1982
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall	Ashton	Building	1997
Island Park Land and Cattle Company Home Ranch	Island Park	District	1996
Rankin Auto Court	Ashton	District	2022
Sack, Johnny, Cabin	Big Springs	Building	1979
Sherwood, Joseph, House and Store	Island Park	Building	1994
St. Anthony Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge	St. Anthony	Structure	1997
US Post Office-St. Anthony Main	St. Anthony	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

Fremont was formed in 1893 (1893-03-04) from Bingham.

FREMONT created from BINGHAM.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Fremont County population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
12,821	10,380	10,304	9,351	8,679	10,813	11,819	13,388

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

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

Cemeteries — 8 of 8 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Chester Cemetery and 800 North	43.99632	-111.54746
Farnum Cemetery	43.98963	-111.37224
Ora Cemetery	44.06841	-111.53595
Parker Cemetery	43.96396	-111.76084
Pineview Cemetery	44.0722	-111.43452
Riverview Cemetery	43.95757	-111.70464
Squirrel Cemetery	44.0562	-111.29833
Targhee Cemetery	44.6477	-111.34221

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Greentimber	44.08519	-111.27523
Lodi	44.08964	-111.46134

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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