Editing Ammon, Idaho (section)

==History==
[[File:Monument in Ammon Idaho.JPG|thumb|left|A monument erected in 1937 by local [[Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scouts]] honors the early settlers of Ammon]]Ammon was founded by members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in 1888.<ref>[[Andrew Jenson]]. ''Encyclopedic History of the Church''. (Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1941) p. 22</ref><ref>Old Ammon: ''The First Fifty Years''. by Miranda Stringham, Ricks College Press, Rexburg, Idaho, 1984</ref> It was originally called South Iona because it was the dependent branch in the south end of the [[Iona, Idaho]] ward. The area was made a ward in the church in 1889 with Arthur M. Rawson as [[Bishop (Latter Day Saints)|bishop]], who renamed the town in honor of [[Ammon (Book of Mormon)|Ammon]], a figure in the LDS book of scripture, the [[Book of Mormon]]. Since it was now independent of the Iona Ward, a new name seemed appropriate. On February 9, 1893, the name of the town was changed from South Iona Ward to Ammon.<ref>{{cite book
| last      = Jenson
| first     = Andrew
| title     = Church chronology: a record of important events pertaining to the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
| publisher = BiblioBazaar
| isbn      = 1-115-24708-5
| year      = 2009
| page      = 201
}}</ref>

By 1930 the village of Ammon had 270 inhabitants, but the total district of Ammon, which is how the name is usually used and is closer to the modern borders, had a population of about 1100.<ref>Jenson. ''Encyclopedic History''. p. 22</ref>

Ammon was an early agricultural center and later was home to several general stores, a grain elevator and a brickyard. The city was officially incorporated on October 10, 1905. It became a Second Class City under Idaho law in 1963. In the early 1900s a spur line was built by the Union Pacific Railroad to the Ammon Elevator. Beginning in the 1940s housing divisions have aided the city's growth and it has become a [[suburb]] for the adjacent city of [[Idaho Falls, Idaho|Idaho Falls]]. Building boomed in the 1990s in both the business and housing sectors, and the city was one of the fastest growing in Idaho from 2000 to 2010.