Heise, Idaho

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Heise". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . 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.

Coordinates: 43°38′28″N111°41′06″W / 43.641°N 111.685°W / 43.641; -111.685

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