Newdale, Idaho
| Newdale, Idaho | |
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| City | |
 Location in Fremont County and the state of Idaho |
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| Coordinates: 43°53′10″N 111°36′13″W / 43.88611°N 111.60361°WCoordinates: 43°53′10″N 111°36′13″W / 43.88611°N 111.60361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho |
| County | Fremont |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.21 sq mi (0.54 km2) |
| • Land | 0.21 sq mi (0.54 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,079 ft (1,548 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 323 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 314 |
| • Density | 1,538.1/sq mi (593.9/km2) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 83436 |
| Area code(s) | 208 |
| FIPS code | 16-56800 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0396954 |
Newdale is a city in Fremont County, Idaho, United States. The population was 323 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Rexburg, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area.
In the early 1900s, there were only a few homes and farms scattered across the vast terrain east of Teton City. Early settlers in this area include the Schwendiman family consisting of 6 brothers and their mother, who relocated from Paris Idaho to Teton Idaho in 1894. The Schwendiman brothers obtained land in 160 acre parcels via one of the Homestead Acts, including the land where the City of Newdale now sits.
In 1912, a school house was built in Bowerman, an area 2 miles east of present-day Newdale, to accommodate approximately 15 school children living in the surrounding area. The school house was also used for LDS Church meetings.
The Oregon Short Line Railroad wanted to expand into this part of the country and on June 27, 1914, purchased a right of way from brothers Sam and Fred Schwendiman to lay tracks for a new branch line. A train depot was built the following year and a community started to grow. The new railroad attracted people to Newdale and in 1914 the Edwin Moroni Stocks family built a house and the Leo Schofield family built a cabin. Mrs. Hansine C. Hansen was also one of the first people to move in, and had her sons move her house from Teton, perhaps early in 1915.
The town site was surveyed and plotted by engineers in April 2016, using land owned by Samual Schwendiman. In May, several hundred trees were planted throughout the town including many apple trees.
The LDS Newdale Ward was organized on December 17, 1916, with Lester Hanson as the first bishop.
Newdale grew rapidly and by 1919, after being only four years old, it had a national bank, a drug store, a barber shop, a blacksmith, a carpenter shop, a livery stable, several general stores, lumber yards, hardware stores, implement yards, warehouses, grain elevators, commission houses, hotels, restaurants, and even an opera house.
According to railroad shipping records, Newdale was once the 3rd largest grain shipping center in the nation. Shipments between August 1, 1918 and May 31, 1919 totaled 403 train car loads of wheat, 19 barely, 3 oats, 17 peas, 72 beets, 3 potatoes, 3 hay, 68 livestock, and 3 misc produce.
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