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History · Teton

Teton’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Teton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

2old images & papers
1need a date
Teton Dam failure, 1976 · Wikimedia Commons

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Teton is a city in Fremont County, Idaho, United States. The population was 787 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Rexburg, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 735 to 787 (+7%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Teton 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.

Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
1976Teton Dam failureCommons
1980–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Teton’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewTeton Dam failure, 1976: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
By decade

Teton, decade by decade

1970s1 item
Teton Dam failureCommonsTeton Dam failure1976
1980s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Date
unknown1 item
Teton River IdahoCommonsDate?Teton River Idaho
Today2 photos
An old barn near Teton, Idaho, named after the Grand Teton mountain range, the back of which faces IdahoLOCAn old barn near Teton, Idaho, named after the Grand Teton …2022Teton Flood, Idaho Historical Marker 345CommonsTeton Flood, Idaho Historical Marker 3452007
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Teton is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Teton has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is St. Anthony Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge in St. Anthony, 4.9 miles away.

Teton and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Teton. Tap a dot.
St. Anthony Pegram Truss Railroad BridgeUS Post Office-St. Anthony MainFremont County CourthouseMadison County CourthouseIdaho State Industrial School Women's DormitoryRexburg Stake Tabernacle

Closest to Teton

St. Anthony Pegram Truss Railroad BridgeSt. Anthony · Built 18964.9miUS Post Office-St. Anthony MainSt. Anthony · Building5.5miFremont County CourthouseSt. Anthony · Building5.6miMadison County CourthouseRexburg · Building6.8miIdaho State Industrial School Women's DormitorySt. Anthony · Building6.9mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. St. Anthony Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Teton?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Teton’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old place
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Teton Dam failure (1976) and it appears here side by side.

🔁 Retake this view · +15

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Newdale📜 Sugar City📜 St. Anthony📜 Parker

From Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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