Heise, Idaho

Heise is an unincorporated community on the north side of the Snake River in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of Idaho.[1]

History

Heise was founded by Richard Camor Heise, a German immigrant, between 1890 and 1900 around the hot springs in the vicinity, now named the Heise Hot Springs. By 1900, he had constructed a hotel and store, and obtained a post office to serve his spa. The spa remains popular to this day.[2] An area north of Heise was the location of quarries which provided stone for the Trinity Methodist Church in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Heise was incorporated as a village in 1949, changed to a city in 1967, but disincorporated in 1974.[3] Heise's population was 58 in 1909,[4] and was 87 in 1950, 64 in 1960, and 84 in 1970.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Heise". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  2. ^ Afton H. Smith. "Heise Hot Springs: Our History". Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  3. ^ Boundary and Annexation Survey 1970-1979. U.S. Department of Commerce. 1980. p. 88.
  4. ^ Davis, Ellis A. (1909). Davis' New Commercial Encyclopedia: Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, the Pacific Northwest. Ellis A. Davis. p. 189.
  5. ^ Volume 1, Number of Inhabitants. U.S. Department of Commerce. 1970. pp. 14–15.

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