Wardboro (formerly Preston) is an unincorporated community in Bear Lake County, Idaho.[1]

Wardboro
Unincorporated community
Wardboro Location within the state of Idaho
Coordinates: 42°15′21″N 111°16′38″W
Country	United States
State	Idaho
County	Bear Lake
Elevation	5,951 ft (1,814 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
GNIS feature ID	392830[1]

Wardboro was originally called Preston, after early founder Thomas Preston, and under the latter name was founded in 1865[2] although that name was probably not applied until 1968.[3] This name could not be kept when the U.S. Postal Service rejected is as there was already a Preston in Franklin County.

The present name is after Wardsboro, Vermont, the native home of a share of the early settlers.[2] Other names proposed included Heepsville (after the daughter of William and Sophia Heap who had died in a blizzard), Prestonville, Greensborough, Troy and Dalrymple Dell.[3] Oscar Dalrymple's of naming the town after his hometown of Wardboro won the day. A rumor subsequently arose that the town was named after its first postmaster, Milton Ward.[3]

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