Ammon, Idaho
| Ammon, Idaho | |
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Peterson Park
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 Location in Bonneville County and the state of Idaho |
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 Ammon, Idaho
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| Coordinates: 43°28′35″N 111°58′5″W / 43.47639°N 111.96806°WCoordinates: 43°28′35″N 111°58′5″W / 43.47639°N 111.96806°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho |
| County | Bonneville |
| Incorporated | 1905 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dana Kirkham |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.27 sq mi (18.83 km2) |
| • Land | 7.26 sq mi (18.80 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,715 ft (1,437 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 13,816 |
| • Estimate (2015) | 14,960 |
| • Density | 1,903.0/sq mi (734.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Mountain (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | Mountain (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 83406 |
| Area code(s) | 208 |
| FIPS code | 16-01990 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0396038 |
| Website | www |
Ammon is a city in Bonneville County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the population of Ammon was 13,816.
Ammon is a suburb, directly east of Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Ammon was one of Idaho’s fastest growing cities from 2000 to 2010. The City of Ammon experienced a 123.3% growth rate from 2000 to 2010 based on the 2010 US Census. Ammon is the 17th largest city in Idaho.
The City’s rapid growth is due to the availability of affordable residential housing and proximity to the job market in Idaho Falls.
The City of Ammon has nine parks totaling over 62 acres. The 18 acre McCowin Park is the City’s largest park. It has a swimming pool, picnic shelter, playground equipment, and tennis courts, horseshoe pits, walking path, and ball fields. The amenities of the other parks include shelters, playground equipment, Tot Park, facilities for athletics, and picnics.
Within an hour’s drive from the City, opportunities abound for boating, rafting, canoeing, hunting, fishing, camping, snow and water skiing, snowmobiling, and ice fishing. Entrances to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, as well as the Jackson Hole Valley, home of the City of Jackson, Wyoming and the National Elk Refuge are all just less than a 2-hour drive away.
Ammon was founded by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1888. It was originally called South Iona because it was the dependent branch in the south end of the Iona, Idaho ward. The area was made a ward in the church in 1889 with Arthur M. Rawson as bishop, who renamed the town in honor of Ammon, a figure in the LDS book of scripture, the Book of Mormon. Since it was now independent of the Iona Ward, a new name seemed appropriate. On February 9, 1893, the name of the town was changed from South Iona Ward to Ammon.
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