Menan Idaho Map

About Menan, Idaho

Menan is a locality in Jefferson County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 715. The population density is 267.5 people per km². Menan is located at 43.7207°N, 111.9900°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. Menan is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83434.

Menan occupies a quiet expanse of the high desert plain, where the earth is marked by the deliberate, slow movement of Spring Creek as it navigates the volcanic soil. It lies 12.4 miles southwest of Rexburg, ID (from Rexburg, ID: bearing 234°T), and is situated 5.0 miles northwest of Rigby. The landscape here is defined by the proximity of Little Buttes, which rise from the flat horizon like obsidian remnants of a cooling world. During the long hours of the afternoon, the light turns a thin, crystalline gold, bleaching the sage and bunchgrass until the fields seem to hold their breath against the vast, pale sky. To the south, the Snake River Area of Critical Environmental Concern preserves the raw, unadorned character of the terrain, keeping the wilder edges of the basin undisturbed by the encroaching reach of modern development.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Menan, with rows of crops tracing the contours of the land in a geometry dictated by irrigation and the stubborn resilience of the soil. The rhythm of daily life is tied to the harvest and the seasonal shifts in temperature that turn the air sharp and metallic by late autumn. While Ririe Reservoir waits sixteen miles away as a destination for those seeking a deeper stillness, the residents find their own quietude in the proximity of Deer Parks, where the land opens into wide, sheltered basins. Menan carries the weight of its history in the simple, sturdy architecture of its buildings and the unhurried way the local roads follow the natural slope of the basin, honoring a heritage built on persistence and the quiet labor of the land.

About This Menan Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Menan, Idaho. Coordinates: 43.720744, -111.98997. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Menan includes the ZIP code (83434), telephone area code (208), county seat of Jefferson County (Rigby), and school district assignment (Jefferson County Joint School District 251).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.