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

Idaho Bannock County Church Records  Bannock 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. 41-42.

Bannock Stake
Stake boundaries as of about 1930 — see Encyclopedic History..., p.41-42.


 * Area of the County: Extends north to the Rim of the Basin, East to the Wasatch Mountains and South to Oneida Stake, West to Bear lake Valley.
 * Headquarters in (town): Grace, Idaho
 * Boundaries of stake:Saints residing in Gentile Valley, Bannock Co., Idaho. The stake extends north to the Rim of the Basin, or the Idaho Stake of Zion, east to the Wasatch Mountains (which at this point separate Gentile Valley from Bear Lake Valley), south to the Oneida Stake and west to the mountains, which separate Gentile Valley from the north end of Cache Valley.

History Timeline up to about 1930


 * 1898 - Bannock stake orgainzed July 25, 1898 from the north part of Oneida Stake, and a small part of the Bear Lake Stake.
 * Since the organization of the stake the following new wards have been created: Grace, organized April 23, 1899; Central, March 12, 1901; Bench, May 8, 1904; Turner, Feb. 11, 1906; Bancroft, Aug. 11, 1907; Thatcher 1st and Thatcher 2nd, Aug. 9, 1914; Ivins, May 15, 1915; Kelly, Aug. 1, 1915; Wilson, June 16, 1916; Grace 1st and Grace 2nd, Aug. 16, 1920, and Williams, Sept 9, 1923. When the Idaho Stake was organized Nov. 20, 1916, the following wards were transferred from the Bannock to the Idaho Stake: Bancroft, Chesterfield, Gray’s Lake, Hatch, Ivins, Kelly, Lund and Soda Springs. The two Thatcher wards were amalgamated in 1924. Wilson Ward was disorganized in 1923 and the Turner Ward in 1930.

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Wards and Branches
Bench, Central, Cleveland, Grace 1st, Grace 2nd, Lago, Mound Valley, Thatcher and Williams.

Grace Wards
See Encyclopedic History..., p.293.

Boundaries:

Grace 1st. Ward

Consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in that part of the town of Grace which lies south of Center St.

Grace 2nd. Ward

Consists of the Latter-day Saints residing north of Center Street in the town of Grace.

History timeline


 * 1893 - Grace was first settled in 1893 and a post office established there in 1894.
 * 1897 - The saints at Grace belonged originally to the Trout Creek Ward, but were organized as a branch June 6, 1897.
 * 1920 - Grace Ward was divided into the Grace 1st Ward and the Grace 2nd Ward.

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

Boundaries:

Saints residing in that part of Gentile Valley which lies south of Grace and north of Trout Creek (or Lago) Ward. East the ward extends to the mountains and west to Williams Ward, or to the bluff overlooking Bear River

History timeline


 * 1901 - Bench Ward is principally an outgrowth of the Trout Creek (or Lago) Ward, of which it was originally a branch (organized Jan. 13, 1901).
 * 1904 - This branch was organized as a regular bishop’s ward May 8, 1904.

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

Boundaries:


 * Saints residing in that part of Upper Portneuf Valley which borders on Gentile Valley on the south.
 * The ward consists of a farming district, extends to the Rim of the Basin (or the Idaho Stake), east to Bear River, south to Grace 2nd Ward and west to the Lund Ward of the Idaho Stake.

History timeline


 * 1901 - The ward was organized March 12, 1901.

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Boundaries:

History timeline



Obtain the Records


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 * For additional resources, see Church History Library.

yy Ward
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.

yy Ward
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.

yy Ward
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.