Wards and Branches of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Yellowstone Stake, Idaho

Idaho Clark County Church Records  Yellowstone Stake, Idaho LDS Church Wards and Branches

This page includes the boundaries of wards and branches around 1930's, a timeline history, and how to obtain the records.

Source for this page: p.966.

Yellowstone Stake
Stake boundaries as of about 1930 — see Encyclopedic History..., p966.


 * Area of the County:Located in Fremont County and the west part of Clark County in the northeast part of Idaho.
 * Headquarters in (town): Saint Anthony.
 * Boundaries of stake:It extends to Montana on the north, Yellowstone Park on the east, to the Teton and Fremont stakes on the south, and to Idaho Falls Stake on the west.

History Timeline up to about 1930


 * 1909 - Yellowstone Stake came into existence at a special meeting held at Parker, Idaho, Jan. 10. On that occasion the Fremont Stake was divided and its northern part organized as a new stake named the Yellowstone Stake, this name being suggested on account of its close proximity to the Yellowstone National Park. he following named wards, which hitherto had constituted a part of the Fremont Stake, were transferred to make the new or Yellowstone Stake, to-wit: Ashton, Chester, Egin, Farnum, Kilgore, Marysville, Ora, St. Anthony, Parker, Twin Groves, Warm River, and Wilford.

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Wards and Branches
Ashton, Chester, Egin, Farnum, Kilgore, Marysville, Ora, St. Anthony, Parker, Twin Groves, Warm River, and Wilford.

Ashton Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.33.

Boundaries:


 * Located in Ashton and vicinity, situated in the open country about two miles south of Henry’s Fork of Snake River, and 15 miles northeast of Saint Anthony.

History timeline
 * 1903 - The saints were organized into a branch of the Church as a part of the Marysville Ward March 15.   On June 28, 1903, this branch was organized as the Vernon Ward.
 * 1907 - The name of the ward was changed to Ashton.

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Chester Ward (Fremont CO.)
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 134.

Boundaries:
 * Located on Falls River, a tributary of Henry’s Fork of Snake River. The center of the ward is about a mile south of the junction of Falls River and Henry’s Fork of Snake River, 7 1/2 miles by nearest road northeast of St. Anthony, 3 1/2 miles northeast of Twin Groves, and 20 miles by nearest road northeast of Rexburg.

History timeline
 * 1889 - On Feb. 2, the saints who settled in that district of country were organized into a branch of the Church called the Falls River Branch of the Wilford Ward.
 * 1890 - The Falls River Branch was organized as a regular bishop’s ward.
 * 1900 - The name of the branch was changed from Falls River to Chester.

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Egin (Fremont CO.) Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p.216.

Boundaries:
 * Located in Snake River Valley which extends north to Parker Ward, east to the St. Anthony Ward, south to Hibbard and west to Henry’s Fork of Snake River.

History timeline
 * 1886 - The first Church organization included in the Egin Ward was a branch organization, which was named Brighton, after Brighton in England. A townsite was surveyed at Brighton May 15. The Brighton Branch was organized as the Brighton Ward May 19, 1886,
 * 1900 - The name was changed to Egin.

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Farnum Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 245.

Boundaries:
 * Located at the south side of Fails River. It is located six miles southeast of Ashton, and about the same distance from Marysville. It is also eight miles northeast of Chester and 18 miles by nearest road northeast of Saint Anthony.

History timeline
 * 1900 - A branch of the Church called Conant Branch was organized.
 * 1906 - Sept. 23, the Conant Branch was organized as the Farnum Ward.

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 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

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Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

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History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

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Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

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History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

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History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

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Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

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See Encyclopedic History..., p.xx-xx.

Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


 * List of church and other records at the FamilySearch Library.
 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.