View Area of Burley, ID

    View Area of Burley, ID

    • Settled: Charles W. Burgess, Alex Wrigley & James C. Cunningham settled there in 1903
    • Original Name:  Mountain View; a man named Burgess applied for a post office in the name Burgessville, but the postal service insisted on it having a shorter name; View was chosen,
    • Origin of Name:  Named after the magnificent view from adjacent mountains to its south and east; shortened  when the View post office (1910-11) opened
    • Known for: Cemetery, LDS Church; once had a post office and general store, located just south of the View LDS Church; last operated by the Eldon Hatch family
    • Location: 400 S south to the mountains; and 150 E east to the Albion Highway ID-77

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