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History · Grace

Grace’s post office opened in 1894, and 39% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Grace Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge. Below: maps from 1948 on and the census since 1930.

1894first post office
1on the National Register
39%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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How Grace began

When was Grace founded?

1894

The Grace post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 626 in 19302020 census: 920132 years
Founding year: the first Grace post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Grace’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Grace are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Grace’s homes were built before 1950.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grace’s history is told.

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The story

How Grace came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Grace.

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The area of Grace was once inhabited by the Shoshone Indians. The Oregon Trail passed within 4 miles (6.4 km) of Grace, and the town itself was established with a post office in 1894. Unlike other nearby historic towns such as Paris and Franklin, Grace was not originally settled by Mormon pioneers, but has since become a predominantly Mormon-populated town. The economy in and around Grace has traditionally been driven by agriculture, with potatoes, alfalfa, grain, dairy, and ranching being the main staples.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Grace, 1894 to 1948

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1894BuiltGrace Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge is built
  3. 1894Post officeThe Grace post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1924Born hereJunior Van Noy is born here
  6. 1941Born herePhil Johnson is born here
  7. 1948On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Grace, decade by decade

Today18 recent
POWERHOUSE INSIDE FACING SOUTHWEST, TURBINE COVERED WITH TARPAULIN. - Cove Hydroelectric Development, Cove Power House,…2006POWERHOUSE INSIDE FACING SOUTHWEST, TURBINE COVERED W…POWERHOUSE EAST SIDE, FROM INSIDE LATER ATTACHED BUILDING. - Cove Hydroelectric Development, Cove Power House, Cove Pow…2006POWERHOUSE EAST SIDE, FROM INSIDE LATER ATTACHED BUIL…POWERHOUSE COMPONENTS, WEST SIDE. - Cove Hydroelectric Development, Cove Power House, Cove Power Plant Road2006POWERHOUSE COMPONENTS, WEST SIDE. - Cove Hydroelectri…POWERHOUSE COMPONENTS, EAST SIDE. - Cove Hydroelectric Development, Cove Power House, Cove Power Plant Road2006POWERHOUSE COMPONENTS, EAST SIDE. - Cove Hydroelectri…PENSTOCK, FACING SOUTHWEST, WITH POWERHOUSE IN MIDDLE DISTANCE; BEAR RIVER IN DISTANCE. - Cove Hydroelectric Developmen…2006PENSTOCK, FACING SOUTHWEST, WITH POWERHOUSE IN MIDDLE…LOWER GATE HOUSE UPPER BUILDING AND OPEN GATE STRUCTURE, FACING NORTH. - Cove Hydroelectric Development, Lower Gate Hou…2006LOWER GATE HOUSE UPPER BUILDING AND OPEN GATE STRUCTU…LOWER GATE HOUSE NORTH SIDE AND FOREBAY; POWER HOUSE (SEE HAER NO. ID-43-J) IN LEFT DISTANCE. - Cove Hydroelectric Deve…2006LOWER GATE HOUSE NORTH SIDE AND FOREBAY; POWER HOUSE …LOWER GATE HOUSE FOREBAY, SCREEN, AND OPEN GATE STRUCTURE, FACING WEST. - Cove Hydroelectric Development, Lower Gate Ho…2006LOWER GATE HOUSE FOREBAY, SCREEN, AND OPEN GATE STRUC…LOWER GATE HOUSE FOREBAY AND FLUME (SEE HAER NO. ID-43-G), FACING WEST-NORTHWEST. - Cove Hydroelectric Development, Low…2006LOWER GATE HOUSE FOREBAY AND FLUME (SEE HAER NO. ID-4…LOWER GATE HOUSE AND FLUME (SEE HAER NO. ID-43-G) SPILLWAY, FACING NORTH FROM PENSTOCK. - Cove Hydroelectric Developmen…2006LOWER GATE HOUSE AND FLUME (SEE HAER NO. ID-43-G) SPI…HEATING HOUSE (SWITCH HOUSE), NORTHEAST SIDE (HAER ID-43-B, SCREEN HOUSE AT REAR) - Cove Hydroelectric Development, Hea…2006HEATING HOUSE (SWITCH HOUSE), NORTHEAST SIDE (HAER ID…GARAGE, GATEHOUSE, SCREENHOUSE, DAM, FACING SOUTHWEST - Cove Hydroelectric Development, Cove Power Plant Road2006GARAGE, GATEHOUSE, SCREENHOUSE, DAM, FACING SOUTHWEST…DISTANT SOUTHWEST VIEW OF LAKE, DAM, GATE, FOREBAY, ETC., IN BEAR VALLEY - Cove Hydroelectric Development, Cove Power P…2006DISTANT SOUTHWEST VIEW OF LAKE, DAM, GATE, FOREBAY, E…DAM, BEAR RIVER, SCREENHOUSE, GATE, WASTEWAY, GARAGE, FACING NORTH-NORTHEAST - Cove Hydroelectric Development, Cove Pow…2006DAM, BEAR RIVER, SCREENHOUSE, GATE, WASTEWAY, GARAGE,…DAM SPILLWAY, SCREENHOUSE, FACING NORTHEAST - Cove Hydroelectric Development, Forebay and Diversion Dam, Cove Power Pla…2006DAM SPILLWAY, SCREENHOUSE, FACING NORTHEAST - Cove Hy…DAM CATWALK FACING SOUTHEAST TO SCREENHOUSE, GATE, AND GARAGE - Cove Hydroelectric Development, Forebay and Diversion D…2006DAM CATWALK FACING SOUTHEAST TO SCREENHOUSE, GATE, AN…CONCRETE-LINED CANAL, FACING NORTH-NORTHWEST TOWARD GATE, SCREEN HOUSE, AND GARAGE AT RIGHT. - Cove Hydroelectric Devel…2006CONCRETE-LINED CANAL, FACING NORTH-NORTHWEST TOWARD G…IDMap-doton-Grace2004IDMap-doton-Grace
On the map

Grace on the map, 1948 to 2005

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Grace. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Grace on the 1948 USGS mapGrace on the 1982 USGS mapGrace on the 2005 USGS map1948Soda Springs sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Grace.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Grace

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1997
Grace Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge
Grace Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge, built 1894
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Pegram through truss bridge1
Grace Pegram Truss Railroad BridgePegram through truss bridge · Built 1894

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Grace, census by census

02004006008001,0001,20019401960198020002020Peak: 1,216

Between 626 and 1,216 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Grace’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Grace

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Phil JohnsonAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1941
Junior Van NoyUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1924

Questions about Grace’s history

What year was Grace founded?

The Grace post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Grace?

One place: the Grace Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge (listed 1997).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (18), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.