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Ririe dates to 1888, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Ririe Community Hall. Below: maps from 1950 on and the census since 1920.

1888founded
1on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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How Ririe began

When was Ririe founded?

1888

Ririe dates its founding to 1888 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1920.

First census: 396 in 19202020 census: 667138 years
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1916.The full story ↓

What stands out about Ririe’s past

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

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The story

How Ririe came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Ririe.

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The city of Ririe was named for one of its first homesteaders, David Ririe. A Utah resident, Ririe settled in the area in 1888 and began cultivating a small claim of land. In 1891, Joseph Hyrum Lovell and his family settled on an adjoining area and began farming. That winter, however, Joseph died of illness, leaving his family alone and isolated. David Ririe helped the widowed family to establish their farm, and eventually married one of the Lovell daughters, Leah Ann. The families flourished in the area, and David eventually built a large stone house, which stands today, to house his large family. As more residents settled in the area, the common need for schools and churches help foster a community. However, the city of Ririe was formally established in 1914. That year, the railroad was routed through the city and Ririe was given its name by railroad officials. The small community of …

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Timeline

Ririe, 1888 to 1950

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1888
    FoundingRirie is established
  3. 20th century
  4. 1916Post officeThe Ririe post office opens
  5. 1935BuiltRirie Community Hall is built
  6. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Ririe, decade by decade

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Ririe Community Hall2019Ririe Community HallMain St Ririe Idaho Nov 20162016Main St Ririe Idaho Nov 2016IDMap-doton-Ririe2004IDMap-doton-Ririe
On the map

Ririe on the map, 1950 to 1980

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

Ririe on the 1950 USGS mapRirie on the 1980 USGS map1950Ririe sheet · 1:24,000

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Ririe

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

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2019
Ririe Community Hall
Ririe Community Hall, built 1935
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Ririe Community HallBuilt 1935

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

People over time

Ririe, census by census

0100200300400500600700192019401960198020002020Peak: 667

Between 396 and 667 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Questions about Ririe’s history

What year was Ririe founded?

In 1888, according to Wikidata. Ririe’s post office opened in 1916, and the census of 1920 counted 396 people here.

What is on the National Register in Ririe?

One place: the Ririe Community Hall (listed 2019).

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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 (3), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.