History

The city of Ammon was founded by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1880. It was originally called South Iona, but they decided to call it Ammon after the hero Ammon, who cut of their arms in the scriptures. The early industry in Ammon was agriculuraly based. Overtime is as the population grew started to arrive in Ammon.

People

According to the census, there where 6,187 people, 1,843 households, and1,546 families residing in the city. As of 2006 the population of Ammon is 12,065 people. Ammon 's population is 96% white, and the other4% is from African American, Native American, Asian, Pacific Islander, and from other races.

Popular Places

The popular places in Ammon are:

The Ammon City Pool

The Eales Homestead Park

The MCcowan Park

The Woodland Hills Park

Current Events

The current events in Ammon:

• Ammon has a new hardware store. It opened up last month.


• The Parks and Recreation Have the girls softball and T-ball schedules


• The Residents of Ammon approved $ 15,000,000 for the Water Improvement officials


• We have new main city phone numbers. The new phone number is 529-4211

City Government

The City of Ammon is governed by the mayor and the City Council. It has the following departments:

• Utilities



• Building



• City Clerk



• Treasurer



• Public Works



• Parks



• Planning & Zoning



• Enforcement Office

The official city website is http://www.ci.ammon.id.us/