- Settled: According to Cassia County Centennial “100 years of Progress,” the first white settler came in 1866l early cattleman Henry Schodde ran herds of cattle as large as 5000 head in the area, and is credited with having the first irrigated land in Emerson.
- Origin of Name: Sometime after the local school was established, citizens realized it had no name, only a number, chartered by the state; a school board member named William Keifer, who had been reading the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, suggested naming it “Emerson,” after Mr. Emerson, hoping the name would inspire students to achieve greatness; the school and community were thereafter named Emerson
- Known for: Farming community west of Paul, never had a post office or any semblance of a town. Its key feature was a community school open from 1910-43. However, the Emerson Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had as many as 900 members before the ward was split in 1975, so the area had a significant rural population.
- Notable Features: LDS Church; the old Emerson School was converted to a Grange Hall until it was gutted by fire
- Location: About 3 miles west of Paul on Hwy 25 W, extending west into adjacent Jerome county
- No population estimates for this rural Minidoka County community
Emerson Area of Minidoka County, ID
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