Rexburg, Idaho
city in and county seat of Madison County, Idaho, United States
Rexburg is a city in Idaho in the United States. It is the county seat of Madison County.[1] There were 39,409 people living in Rexburg in 2020.[2] Brigham Young University-Idaho, is based in the city.[1] The town was settled in 1883 by a group of young Mormon men who had been sent into the Upper Snake River Valley.[3] They were looking for places to start Mormon communities. The town was first called Ricksburg, after one of the men, Thomas E. Rick, but later changed to his original German family name of Rex.[3]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rexburg Area Information". rexburg.org. 2012. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ↑ "Rexburg city, Idaho". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "History of Rexburg". rexcc.com. 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
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