Wardboro, Idaho

Wardboro
Unincorporated community
Wardboro is located in Idaho
Wardboro
Wardboro
Location within the state of Idaho
Coordinates: 42°15′21″N 111°16′38″W / 42.25583°N 111.27722°W / 42.25583; -111.27722
CountryUnited States
StateIdaho
CountyBear Lake
Elevation
[1]
5,952 ft (1,814 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
GNIS feature ID392830[1]

Wardboro (formerly Preston) is an unincorporated community in Bear Lake County, Idaho.[1]

Wardboro was originally called Preston, after early founder Thomas Preston, and under the latter name was founded in 1865[2] although that name was probably not applied until 1968.[3] This name could not be kept when the U.S. Postal Service rejected is as there was already a Preston in Franklin County.

The present name is after Wardsboro, Vermont, the native home of a share of the early settlers.[2] Other names proposed included Heepsville (after the daughter of William and Sophia Heap who had died in a blizzard), Prestonville, Greensborough, Troy and Dalrymple Dell.[3] Oscar Dalrymple's of naming the town after his hometown of Wardboro won the day. A rumor subsequently arose that the town was named after its first postmaster, Milton Ward.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wardboro, Idaho
  2. ^ a b Lund, Anthon Henrik (1922). The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine. Geneal. Society of Utah. p. 40.
  3. ^ a b c Wilde, Jens Patrick (1977). Treasured Tidbits of Time. Watkins and Sons. pp. 268–269.


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