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Quick Facts
Former name
Geographic location
City Hall
Driggs City Hall
325 South 5 East
Driggs, ID 83422
Phone: 208-354-2362
Resources
Biography
Cemeteries
Church History and Records
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Current
There are three wards and two branches (congregations) in Driggs, meeting in two separate locations:
Driggs Wards (Wards 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Spanish Branch)
221 N 1st E
Driggs, ID 83422
(208) 354-2314
Driggs 4th Branch (Young Single Adults)
580 Ross Avenue Driggs, ID 83422
(208) 354-2266
Historical
Many of the original records of church units are in the Church History Library in Salt Lake City. Many of the membership records covering these units from the date of their creation to about 1948 have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City or at its Family History Centers. Records of the Driggs Ward (1909-1948) are in this collection.
Roman Catholic
Good Shepherd Catholic Church
245 S Highway 33
Driggs, ID 83422
(208) 354-8960
Other
Calvary Chapel of Teton Valley
53 Depot Street
Driggs, ID 83422
(208) 354-9673
Teton Valley Community Bible Church
257 2nd Street East
Driggs, ID 83422-5054
(208) 354-8523
Summit Foursquare Church
53 Depot Street
Driggs, ID 83422
(208) 354-8822
Teton Christian Academy
260 Howard Avenue
Driggs, ID 83422-5153
(208) 354-8809
Directories
The Idaho State Archives in Boise has a collection of city, county, regional and state directories.
Funeral Homes
Valley Mortuary
786 Valley Centre Dr
Driggs, Idaho 83422
(208) 354-2394
History
The town of Driggs is the largest settlement in the Teton Valley, and is situated in the open valley a short distance east of the Teton River, in Teton Basin. Don C. Driggs was one of the first settlers. The total population of the Driggs Precinct was874 in 1930.
Additional history of Driggs, Idaho and the early Mormon settlers there can be found in:
Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Company, 1941, p. 198.
Maps
Military History and Records
Minorities
Newspapers
Current
Teton Valley News
75 North Main Street
Driggs, ID 83422
Ph. 208-354-8101
email - publisher@tetonvalleynews.com
Weekly
Historical
Copies of the following newspapers published in Driggs are included in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise.
Teton Valley news -- 1909:4:15-present
Teton Valley news -- 1914:12:17
Obituaries
School Records
Websites
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