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Upper Snake Sentinel
Serving the Upper Snake River Valley: Bonneville, Jefferson, Madison and Fremont counties, IdahoVol. 1, No. 7
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1913: Rigby named county seat of new Jefferson County

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Friday, Nov. 13, 2026In the Friday, Nov. 13, 2026 edition
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RIGBY — On Thursday, Nov. 13, 1913, The Rigby Star, still carrying a Fremont County masthead, reported that a new Jefferson County had been created and that Rigby would be its county seat.

A Montpelier Examiner item reprinted on the front page put it this way: "Not only was the county of Jefferson created, but Rigby was designated as the seat of government."

Under the heading "Result of the Count," the Star said the county commissioner met at St. Anthony last Monday to canvass the county-seat and county-division elections. The Jefferson returns, as printed, were 1,825 votes for division and 587 against. Rigby led the county-seat vote with 1,376, followed by Menan with 927 and Roberts with 32. The Madison County returns were given as 1,757 for division and 748 against, with Rexburg at 1,732 for county seat and Sugar City at 187.

The paper said it was quite likely that Governor Haines would issue a proclamation later that week declaring Jefferson and Madison counties created by vote of the people, and that he would probably name officers for the new counties the following week.

Source: The Rigby Star (Rigby, Idaho), Nov. 13, 1913, page 1, via the BYU-Idaho Rigby Star collection: contentdm.lib.byu.edu.

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