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This town was named after a railroad conductor named Earl Chubbuck. He was in charge of loading railroad cars with agricultural produce from the area. All produce in the area was loaded on to the trains at the Chubbuck Siding.
The area was home to Blackfoot Indians long before settlers arrived. Famous mountain man John Fremont surveyed the area and deemed it good for agriculture, but most settlers passed through on their way to Oregon or California. The towns didn't start to take shape until the railroad came through. Massive sugar beet farming led to the construction of the Chubbuck Siding, used to load the sugar beets onto the railroad, and the town eventually grew up around this activity. Essentially a suburb of the larger Pocatello, it's home to about 14,000 people, at the time of the 2010 U.S. Census. At the intersection of Interstates 86 and 15 and bisected by U.S. Highway 91, it remains a transportation hub. View Chubbuck City Guide