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City Hall
Kuna City Hall
763 W. Avalon
P.O. Box 13
Kuna, ID 83634
Ph. (208)922-5546
Fax (208)922-5989
Resources
Biography
Cemeteries
The following cemeteries in or near Kuna have been identified and some of their records located. When multiple transcriptions are listed, they may contain discrepant information. The transcriptions may have been made at different times and by different people. Some names may have been mis-read. Some gravestones may have been missed. All transcriptions available for each cemetery should be checked.
| Name of cemetery | Location | Records |
| Kuna Cemetery | Kuna | Some records of this cemetery at PARL[1] in Boise; transcription of 1,688 gravestones available through Find-a-Grave.com website; a partial transcription with photos of tombstones available at USGenWeb site for Ada County; photos of 3 gravestones available at idahogravestones.org |
| Kuna Pioneer Cemetery | Old Kuna Stage Stop | Some records of this cemetery at PARL in Boise; transcription of 15 gravestones available through Find-a-Grave.com website |
Church History and Records
Baptist
Kuna Baptist Church
1250 N Linder Rd
Kuna, ID 83634-5339
(208) 922-1124
South Valley Baptist Church
1615 N Linder Rd
Kuna, ID 83634-3032
(208) 871-5026
Desert Streams Fellowship
PO Box 603
Kuna, ID 83634-0603
(208) 922-4040
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Current
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Kuna 2nd ward
3305 West Kuna Road
Kuna, ID 83634
(208) 922-5822
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Kuna 6th, 8th, 13th wards
224 East Avalon Street
Kuna, ID 83634
(208) 922-5962
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Kuna 1st, 3rd, 12th Wards
315 East Deer Flat Road
Kuna, ID 83634-1336
(208) 922-4543
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Kuna 9th ward (Young Single Adults)
1985 North Black Cat Road
Kuna, ID 83634
(208) 288-0992
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 Kuna Ward(1919-1948) are in this collection.
Methodist
Kuna United Methodist Church
260 West 4th Street
Kuna, ID 83634-2047
(208) 922-4745
Other
Kuna Church of the Nazarene
1281 West Avalon Street
Kuna, ID 83634-2227
(208) 922-5675
Calvary Chapel Kuna
333 Ave C
Kuna, ID 83634
(208) 922-9673
Kuna Life Center
136 South School Avenue
Kuna, ID 83634
(208) 922-5985
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
820 N Linder Rd
Kuna, ID 83634
(208) 922-4686
New Beginnings Christian Church
820 Linder Road
Kuna, ID 83634
(208) 922-5415
Kuna Bible Missionary Church
489 Shortline Street
Kuna, ID 83634-2323
(208) 922-3418
Church of Christ
110 Ave B
Kuna, ID 83634
(208) 922-4250
Kuna Life Center
500 East Deer Flat Road
Kuna, ID 83634-1322
(208) 922-5209
History
In 1918 a few families settled in the Kuna Valley. The settlers came to farm the land around Kuna. Kuna was a station on the Oregon Short Line Railroad. A stage coach line ran a regular schedule between the mining camp at Silver City and the mining camp at Idaho City. Total population of the Kuna Precinct was 1,547 in 1930.
Additional history of Kuna, 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. 407.
Libraries
Kuna Public Library
457 N. Locust Street
P.O. Box 129
Kuna, ID 83634
Maps
Newspapers
Historical
Copies of the following newspapers are available at the Idaho State Library in Boise:
Kuna enterprise 1978:3:24-1982:12:13 y
Kuna herald 1914:11:19-1968:9:27 y
Kuna-Melba news 1983:3:17-9999
Schools
Kuna High School
637 E. Deer Flat Road
Kuna, ID 83634
Ph. (208)955-0200
Fax (208)922-2178
Websites
References
- ↑ Idaho State Historical Society Public Archives and Research Library, Boise Idaho.
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