- Settled: Originally settled in 1871 and a terminus for the railroad in 1878
- Original Name: The original LDS ward was known as Richfield, for the richness of the soil
- Origin of Name: “Banida” is a portmandu, formed by combining Bannock and Oneida (Counties) into a new term; was coined in 1908, since Bannock and Oneida Counties were so close; a variant name for the community was “Dunnville”
- Function: Primarily an ag-related farm and ranch community; established originally as a railroad town, it once had a school, post office and lumber store, with stores, boarding houses, saloons, blacksmith shiops and eating places, all under canvas tents; farm commodities were loaded on the railroad at Coulum
- Location: 11.5 miles (12 minutes) north of Preston on Hwy 91 N
- No population estimate for this rural Franklin County community
Banida, ID
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