St. Charles, ID

    St. Charles, ID

    • Settled: 1864-Mormon settlers led by Charles C. Rich
    • Origin of Name: Named after highly-regarded colonizer Charles Coulsen Rich. It was named “Saint” Charles in his honor
    • Notable Features: Post office, LDS church, cemetery; offices of Idaho’s Bear Lake State Park, Minnetonka Cave; retail shopping, eating & convenience Stores; first county seat of Richland (now Rich) county, UT until the 1872 survey found the community was not in Utah, but in Idaho Territory
    • Well Known Natives: Sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who carved Mount Rushmore, was born in St. Charles in 1867
    • Location: 18.2 miles (18 minutes) southwest of Montpelier on Hwy 89 S, along Bear Lake’s shores
    • 2010 Census Population: 131

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