Geneva is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in on the eastern edge of
Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States, near the
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...
border.
Description
The community's elevation is .
Although Geneva is unincorporated, it has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...
, with the
ZIP code of 83238; the
ZCTA
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for ZIP Code 83238 had a population of 141 at the
2000 census.
runs west to
Montpelier and northeast to
Smoot
The smoot is a nonstandard, humorous unit of length created as part of an MIT fraternity prank. It is named after Oliver R. Smoot, a fraternity pledge to Lambda Chi Alpha, who in October 1958 lay down repeatedly on the Harvard Bridge (betwe ...
, Wyoming.
Idaho State Highway 61
State Highway 61 (SH-61) is a short north-south state highway located in extreme eastern Bear Lake County.
Route description
Idaho State Highway 61 begins at the Wyoming State Line as a continuation of Wyoming Highway 89. Highway 61 only trave ...
leads south briefly to connect with
Wyoming Highway 89
Wyoming Highway 89 (WYO 89) is a north-south state road that jumps in and out of Wyoming three times, and runs through the western edges of and Uinta County, Wyoming and Lincoln County, Wyoming.
Highway 89 leaves the state of Wyoming for a ...
and
Border Junction, Wyoming, south. Geneva is located about west of the Idaho-
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...
state line.
History
A post office called Geneva has been in operation since 1898. The community was named after
Geneva
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...
, in Switzerland, the native land of a large share of the first settlers. The Geneva Cemetery is located in the community.
Geneva's population was 165 in 1909, and was 10 in 1960.
See also
*
Charles C. Rich
Charles Coulson Rich (August 21, 1809 – November 17, 1883) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He led one of the first groups of Mormon pioneers west from Illinois under the leadership of Brigham Young after Joseph Smith's mur ...
(1809 – 1883), an early leader in the
Latter Day Saint movement
The Latter Day Saint movement (also called the LDS movement, LDS restorationist movement, or Smith–Rigdon movement) is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian Restorationist movement founded by Jo ...
and pioneer in Geneva and the
Bear Lake area.
References
External links
Unincorporated communities in Bear Lake County, Idaho
Unincorporated communities in Idaho
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