Although a fur trapper and blacksmith named "Peg-Leg Smith" established a trading post on the Oregon Trail from 1848 to 1850 near Dingle, the first permanent settlement at Dingle was made in 1871 by a colony of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons).[3]
Dingle's population was 40 in 1909,[4] and was estimated at 100 in 1960.[5]
Notable peopleedit
Beulah Ream Allen (1897-1989) physician and WWII POW, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[6]
dingle, idaho, dingle, unincorporated, community, bear, lake, county, idaho, located, southeastern, part, state, although, unincorporated, code, 83233, dingleunincorporated, communitydinglelocation, within, state, idahocoordinates, 21944, 26806, 21944, 26806co. Dingle is an unincorporated community in Bear Lake County Idaho 1 It is located in the southeastern part of the state Although unincorporated it has the zip code 83233 2 DingleUnincorporated communityDingleLocation within the state of IdahoCoordinates 42 13 10 N 111 16 5 W 42 21944 N 111 26806 W 42 21944 111 26806CountryUnited StatesStateIdahoCountyBear LakeTime zoneUTC 7 Mountain MST Summer DST UTC 6 MDT ZIP codes83233GNIS feature ID397628 1 History editAlthough a fur trapper and blacksmith named Peg Leg Smith established a trading post on the Oregon Trail from 1848 to 1850 near Dingle the first permanent settlement at Dingle was made in 1871 by a colony of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Mormons 3 Dingle s population was 40 in 1909 4 and was estimated at 100 in 1960 5 Notable people editBeulah Ream Allen 1897 1989 physician and WWII POW who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom 6 References edit a b Dingle Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Zip Code Lookup Archived from the original on June 15 2011 Retrieved June 20 2009 The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine Volumes 9 10 1918 p 121 Davis Ellis A 1909 Davis New Commercial Encyclopedia Washington Oregon and Idaho the Pacific Northwest Ellis A Davis p 189 World Book Encyclopedia Vol I Field Enterprises Corporation 1960 p 27 Former Dean of BYU Nursing School Dies The Daily Herald Provo Utah March 19 1989 p 6 Retrieved September 4 2020 via Newspapers com nbsp This Bear Lake County Idaho state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dingle Idaho amp oldid 1211696090, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
