History · McCammon

McCammon’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of McCammon. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1old images & papers
2historic places
1need a date
McCammon Overhead & River Crossing Bridge, Interstate 15, Business, 3.3 mile post · Library of Congress

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

McCammon is a city in Bannock County, Idaho, United States. It is part of the Pocatello, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 825 at the 2020 census. In 1892, McCammon became the junction point between the Oregon Short Line Railroad and Utah and Northern Railway, and the city gained the nickname Junction City.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 809 people in 2010, 825 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1971.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of McCammon 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.

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Start McCammon’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how McCammon’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewMcCammon Overhead & River Crossin…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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By decade

McCammon, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

2 historic places in McCammon

2 places in McCammon are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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In Idahoby listings · the typical town has 1
2places listed2 buildings
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
2historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1979first listedMcCammon State Bank Building · newest: Harkness, H. O., Stable Building, 1980

Where they are

Tap a dot for a photo and link. Districts show at their center.
Buildings

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as McCammon Overhead & River Crossing Bridge, Interstate 15, Business, 3.3 mile post and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

From Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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