The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusGeorgetown is a city in the Bear River Valley in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States, at the center of a farming area between the river and the mountains to the east. It was settled by Mormon pioneers on the route of the Oregon Trail and was named after George Q. Cannon. Georgetown was first settled in 1864. The population was 503 at the 2020 census. U.S. Route 30 passes through the town.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 476 to 503 (+6%). Half of its homes were built before 1964.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Georgetown yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Georgetown’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Georgetown’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Georgetown, decade by decade
2000
1 historic place in Georgetown
1 place in Georgetown is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.