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Preparing for groundbreaking ceremony; preparing the site for groundbreaking; groundbreaking scheduled for Saturday, 1 June 2024
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Announcement:
3 October 2021Groundbreaking and Site Dedication:
1 June 2024 by Ricardo P. GiménezSite:
16.6 acres | 6.7 hectaresTotal Floor Area:
100,000 square feet | 9,290 square metersElevation:
4,878 feet | 1,487 metersGroundbreaking Ceremony
Elder Ricardo P. Giménez, Second Counselor in the North America Central Area Presidency, will preside at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Teton River Idaho Temple on Saturday, June 1, 2024. The temple will stand on a 16.6-acre site located northwest of Second East and 2000 North in the city of Rexburg. Plans call for a three-story building of approximately 100,000 square feet.
Temple Rendering
On February 20, 2024, the official exterior rendering of the Teton River Idaho Temple was released in conjunction with the groundbreaking announcement.1
Temple Site
On September 19, 2022, the location of the Teton River Idaho Temple was announced as a 16.6-acre site northwest of 2000 North and Salem Road in Rexburg, Idaho. Plans call for a three-story temple of approximately 100,000 square feet.2
Temple Announcement
On October 3, 2021, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Teton River Idaho Temple at the October 2021 General Conference. The Teton River Idaho Temple will be the ninth temple in Idaho. Idaho is home to more than 460,000 members of the Church in nearly 1,200 congregations. Early Church pioneers settled in Idaho in 1855. Several Church presidents are natives of Idaho, including Presidents Harold B. Lee, Ezra Taft Benson and Howard W. Hunter. Other temples in the state include the Twin Falls Idaho Temple, Boise Idaho Temple, Burley Idaho Temple, Idaho Falls Idaho Temple, Meridian Idaho Temple, Pocatello Idaho Temple, and Rexburg Idaho Temple.3
Temple Facts
The Teton River Idaho Temple will be the ninth temple built in Idaho, following the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple (1945), the Boise Idaho Temple (1984), the Rexburg Idaho Temple (2008), the Twin Falls Idaho Temple (2008), the Meridian Idaho Temple (2017), the Pocatello Idaho Temple (2021), the Burley Idaho Temple (under construction), and the Montpelier Idaho Temple (under construction).
The Teton River Idaho Temple will be located on the same street as the Rexburg Idaho Temple, about 3½ miles apart from each other.
When the Teton River Idaho Temple was announced, the population of Rexburg was approximately 39,500, making it the smallest city in the world to have two temples. Other small cities at the time with two temples included South Jordan, Utah (population 77,500); St. George, Utah (population 95,000); and Provo, Utah (population 115,000).
The Teton River Idaho Temple was announced in the 11th anniversary year of the Rexburg Idaho Temple.
The Teton River Idaho Temple will be the sixth temple built in the same city as another operating temple, the Rexburg Idaho Temple (2008), making Rexburg, Idaho, the sixth city in the world to have more than one temple, following South Jordan, Utah; Provo, Utah; Lima, Peru; St. George, Utah; and Guatemala City, Guatemala.
- "News for Temples in Idaho and Florida," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 20 Feb. 2024.
- "Locations Announced for Two Temples in United States," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 19 Sept. 2022.
- "At the October 2021 General Conference, the Prophet Says the Church Will Build 13 More Temples," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 3 Oct. 2021.
