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The first known burials in Blackfoot were in a field west of the 500 block of North Maple Street. The field was called Montgomery's Burying Ground. Later this site became a park with swimming pool and tennis courts. These were removed in 1987 when it became the site of the new Bingham County Courthouse. On May 4, 1888, the newly organized I.O.O.F. Lodge bought 10 acres of land northeast of Bla...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Bingham County, Idaho. Bingham County was created January 13, 1885. It was named for Henry H. Bingham, a congressman from Pennsylvania and friend of William Bunn, Idaho's Territorial Governor. The county was formed from Oneida County and was later partitioned itself to form Bannock (1893), Fremont (1893), Bonneville (1911), Power (19...
On a little hill in Shelley, Bingham County, Idaho one-fourth mile south and one-fourth mile east on Base Line Road (1200 North) lies the Hillcrest Cemetery. The earliest record that can be found shows the first person buried here took place in 1892. In 1939 a contest was held to give the Cemetery a name. Hillcrest was chosen, and the winner won $5 prize money. It is also known as Shelley Cemet...
Riverside-Thomas Cemetery is located six miles west of Blackfoot on Highway 39. Alphes Parsons donated five acres of land to be used as a cemetery. His father, James Parsons, had died in 1887, and was the first person to be buried there. In 1897, an additional five acres was purchased from Mr. Parsons for $10 an acre. In 1984 five additional acres was purchased from Jennie Williams for $2,000 a...