Stakes and Wards of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Butte County, Idaho

Idaho Butte County Church Records  Lost River 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. 449.

Lost River Stake
Stake boundaries as of about 1930 — see Encyclopedic History..., p.449.


 * Area of County:
 * Headquarters in (town):
 * Boundaries of stake:

Lost River Stake of Zion, consists (1930) of Latter-day Saints residing in Butte and Custer counties, Idaho.

History Timeline up to about 1930


 * 1919 - As the Latter-day Saint population increased in numbers in Lost River Valley, and the Lost River country being so far and distinct from the other wards in the Blackfoot Stake of Zion, located in the great Snake River Valley, it was deemed wise on the part of the authorities of the Church to divide the Blackfoot Stake by separating the settlements on Big Lost River from said stake and organizing them into a new stake of Zion. This was done at a conference of the Blackfoot Stake held Aug. 18, 1919, by taking the wards of Arco and Moore from the Blackfoot Stake and the branches of Leslie, Darlington, Pass Creek (later Ballard Ward) and Chilly, from the Northwestern States Mission and organizing them into the Lost River Stake.

Obtain the Records

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Wards and Branches
Arco, Ballard, Darlington, Leslie, Lost River, MacKay, and Moore Wards and the Chilly Branch.

Arco Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p..

Boundaries:


 * Arco Ward, Lost River Stake, Butte Co., Idaho, consists of Latter-day Saints residing in the town of Arco and vicinity. Arco is a railroad town on the Mackay Branch of the Oregon Short Line Railroad, situated in the lower end of the Big Lost River Valley, nine miles southeast of Moore, 26 miles southeast of Mackay, and 60 miles northwest of Blackfoot.

History timeline


 * 1903 - In 1903 the saints in Arco and vicinity, who hitherto had belonged to the Lost River Branch, were organized into a separate branch.
 * 1912 - Until August, 1912, all the saints in the Big Lost River Valley belonged to the Lost River or Moore Ward, but on Aug. 11, 1912, that ward was divided, and the saints residing in the south part, or lower end of said ward, were organized as a separate Ward called Arco.

Obtain the Records


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

Ballard Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p..

Boundaries:


 * Ballard Ward, Lost River Stake, Butte Co., Idaho, consisted of the Latter-day Saints residing in a farming district in the Lost River Valley between the Darlington Ward on the south and the Leslie Ward on the north.

History timeline


 * 1919 - Ballard Ward, Lost River Stake, Butte Co., Idaho, consisted of the Latter-day Saints residing in a farming district in the Lost River Valley between the Darlington Ward on the south and the Leslie Ward on the north.

Obtain the Records


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

Darlington Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p..

Boundaries:


 * Darlington Ward, Lost River Stake, Butte Co., Idaho, consists of Latter-day Saints residing in a farming district lying between Moore Ward on the south and the Leslie Ward on the north. It extends all the way across Lost River Valley from east to west, or from mountain to mountain, where the valley is seven miles wide.

History timeline


 * 1917 - Organized as a branch of the Church on June 26, 1917.
 * 1919 - When the Lost River Stake of Zion was organized Aug. 18, 1919, the Darlington Branch was organized as a regular bishop’s ward.

Obtain the Records


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

Leslie Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p. 147.

Boundaries:


 * Leslie Ward, Lost River Stake, Custer Co., Idaho, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in a farming district lying between Darlington on the south and Mackay on the north.

History timeline


 * 1919 - A branch of the Church called Leslie Branch was raised up by the Elders of the Northwestern States Mission, and when the Lest River Stake of Zion was organized Aug. 18, 1919, the Leslie Branch was organized as a ward.

Obtain the Records


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

Lost River Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p..

Boundaries:


 * Lost River Ward, Lost River Stake, Butte Co., Idaho, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in a farming district lying between Arco on the south and Moore on the north.

History timeline


 * 1920 - The original Lost River Branch comprised all the saints residing in Lost River Valley, preceding the organization of the Moore Ward (see Moore Ward) but on March 27, 1920, a new ward called the Lost River Ward was organized by taking certain families of saints from the Moore Ward on the north and other families from the Arco Ward on the south and organizing them as a separate ward named Lost River Ward.

Obtain the Records


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

Mackay Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p..

Boundaries:


 * Mackay Ward, Lost River Stake, Custer Co., Idaho, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in the towns of Mackay and Chilly and vicinity, or all the saints residing in the upper end of Lost River Valley.

History timeline


 * 1921 - On March 22, the saints at Mackay and vicinity were organized as an independent branch of the Church.

Obtain the Records


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

Moore Ward
See Encyclopedic History..., p..

Boundaries:


 * Moore Ward, Lost River Stake, Butte Co., Idaho, consists of Latter-day Saints residing in a somewhat scattered condition in Lost River Valley.

History timeline


 * 1899 - A branch of the Church called the Lost River Branch was organized. the Lost River Branch, which branch for some time belonged to the Moreland Ward in the Bingham Stake.
 * 1906 - On Sept. 16, the President of the Blackfoot Stake organized the Lost River Branch into a ward, Moore Ward.

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

Chilly Branch
See Encyclopedic History..., p..

Boundaries:


 * Chilly Branch, Lost River Stake, Custer Co., Idaho, consisted of a few Latter-day Saint families residing in a farming district lying north of the Mackay Reservoir, in the upper end of Lost River Valley.

History timeline


 * 1919 - The Chilly Branch, which was organized April 27, 1919.

Obtain the Records


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