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Idaho includes 44 counties. [1] According to 2010 data, the state’s population is 1,557,582 people, [2] thus the average population in the district is 35,627 people. The state of Idaho is 216,632 km², so the county’s average area is 4,923 km², [2] and the average population density is 7.2 people / km². The most populated district is Eida , where the capital of Boise is located. The same district has the highest distributed population density. Clark is the least populated district, but it also has the lowest distributed population density among the rest of the state districts. The largest county by area is Idaho , the smallest - Payette .
History
Before becoming a state in 1890, [3] Idaho underwent several territorial and administrative transformations. The territory of the current state until 1853 was part of the incorporated territory of Oregon ; Since 1853, Idaho lands have been divided between Oregon and Washington . With Oregon becoming a state in 1859 [4] the entire territory of Idaho came under the control of Washington. Most of Idaho was not populated until the gold rush erupted, which began with the discovery of gold deposits near the town of Piers in the current Shoshone district. Mines attracted thousands of gold prospectors, which in turn led to the formation of Idaho territory in 1863. The first district of Idaho was Ovaihi, created on December 31 of the same year. Despite the fact that with the separation from Washington Territory to Idaho, the territories of Nez Perce and Shoshone districts formed respectively in 1855 and 1861, they were not established as districts [5] . In the following 1864, by the decision of the first Legislature of Idaho, Onayda , Boise , Idaho , Eida , Alturas counties were created and Nez Pers and Shoshone were established . The boundaries of these districts with the formation of new districts have repeatedly changed. So, as a result of division into new districts, Alturas was liquidated in 1895.
The first county formed after Idaho was granted state status was Fremont County in 1893 [6] . The last constituencies created were Clark , Jerome, and Caribou , formed in 1919 [7] .
Additional Information
According to the federal information processing standard (FIPS), each district has a five-digit code. It consists of a state code (16 for Idaho) and a three-digit county code. A link from the code in the table leads to the census results page for each district [8] . Each district of the state has its own prefix in the license plate , consisting of the first letter of the English name of the district and the serial number of the district, corresponding to the alphabetical position of the district name for each letter if several district names begin with one letter. In the Teton and Twin Falls districts, for example, the prefixes are 1T and 2T, respectively, and for the Elmore county, the only one starting with “E,” the prefix is E [ 9] .
List of counties
| Title counties | FIPS | Founded [10] | District center [10] | Formed from [11] | Named after [10] | Population ( 2010 ) [12] | Square, km² [12] | Density population people / km² | Cities | Map |
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| Adams (Adams) | 16003 | 1911 | Council (Council) | Washington County | John Adams , Second President of the United States | 3976 | 3548 | 1,1 |
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| Idaho (Idaho) | 16049 | 1861 [13] | Grangeville (Grangeville) | Washington Territory [13] | The Idaho steamer , which began to walk along the Columbia River in 1860 | 16 267 | 22 021 | 0.7 |
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| Bannock (Bannock) | 16005 | 1893 | Pocatello (Pocatello) | Bingham County | Bannocks , Native American tribe | 82 839 | 2972 | 27.9 |
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| Boundary (Boundary) | 16021 | 1915 | Bonners ferry ( Bonners Ferry ) | Bonner County | Border ( eng. Boundary) with Canada and the neighboring states of Washington and Montana | 10 972 | 3311 | 3.31 |
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| Beneva (Benewah) | 16009 | 1915 | St marys ( St. Maries ) | Koutenay County | Beneva, leader of the Indian tribe of Coeur d'Alene | 9285 | 2031 | 4.6 |
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| Bingham (Bingham) | 16011 | 1885 | Blackfoot (Blackfoot) | Onayda County | Henry Bingham, Pennsylvania Congressman | 45 607 | 5491 | 8.3 |
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| Blaine (Blaine) | 16013 | 1895 | Haley ( Hailey ) | Alturas County | James Blaine , Republican Party presidential candidate in the 1884 presidential election | 21 376 | 6892 | 3,1 |
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| Boise (Boise) | 16015 | 1864 | Idaho city ( Idaho city ) | idaho territory | Boise River | 7028 | 4938 | 1.4 |
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| Bonneville (Bonneville) | 16019 | 1911 | Idaho falls (Idaho falls) | Bingham County | Benjamin Bonneville , Brigadier General and US Western Researcher | 104 234 | 4923 | 21,2 |
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| Bonner (Bonner) | 16017 | 1907 | Sand point ( Sandpoint ) | Koutenay County | Edwin Bonner, ferry on the river Koutenay to the city of Bonners Ferry | 40 877 | 4972 | 8.2 |
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| Butte (Butte) | 16023 | 1917 | Arco ( Arco ) | Bingham County , Blaine , Jefferson | Steep hills ( English butte - a hill with steep slopes) on the Snake River | 2891 | 5783 | 0.5 |
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| Bear Lake (Bear Lake) | 16007 | 1875 | Paris ( Paris ) | Onayda County | Bear Lake ( en: Bear lake ), Bear Lake | 2718 | 2.2 |
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| Washington (Washington) | 16087 | 1879 | Wither ( Weiser ) | Boise County | George Washington , first president of the United States | 10 198 | 3816 | 2.7 |
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| Valley (Valley) | 16085 | 1917 | Cascade ( Cascade ) | Idaho County, Boise | Long Valley - Long Valley | 9862 | 9670 | 1,0 |
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| Gooding (Gooding) | 16047 | 1913 | Gooding ( Gooding ) | Lincoln County | Frank Gooding , Seventh Governor of Idaho and US Senator | 15 464 | 1901 | 8.1 |
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| Jam (Gem) | 16045 | 1915 | Emmett ( Emmett ) | Boise County, Canyon | Idaho State Nickname: Gem State | 16 719 | 1465 | 11,4 |
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| Jerome (Jerome) | 16053 | 1919 | Jerome ( Jerome ) | Gooding County, Lincoln | Jerome Hill, one of the developers of the Northern Irrigation Project, either Jerome Kun Jr., his grandson, or Jerome Kun, his son-in-law | 22 374 | 1559 | 14.3 |
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| Jefferson (Jefferson) | 16051 | 1913 | Rigby ( Rigby ) | Fremont County | Thomas Jefferson , Third President of the United States | 26 140 | 2863 | 9.1 |
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| Camas (Camas) | 16025 | 1917 | Fairfield ( Fairfield ) | blaine county | Kamassia , a plant from the agave family | 1117 | 2795 | 0.4 |
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| Caribou (Caribou) | 16029 | 1919 | Soda Springs ( Soda Springs ) | Bannock County | Caribou mountain range | 6963 | 4658 | 1,5 |
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| Cassia (Cassia) | 16031 | 1917 | Burley (Burley) | Ovaihi County | John Cazier , member of the Mormon battalion , or Cassia plant | 22 952 | 6683 | 3.4 |
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| Caster (Custer) | 16037 | 1881 | Callis ( Challis ) | Alturas County, Lemhai | George Custer , brigadier general who discovered gold in the county | 4368 | 12 786 | 0.3 |
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| Clark (Clark) | 16033 | 1919 | Duboyce ( Dubois ) | Fremont County | Sam Clark , State Senator | 982 | 4572 | 0.2 |
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| Clearwater (Clearwater) | 16035 | 1911 | Orofino ( Orofino ) | Nez Pers | Clearwater River | 8761 | 6444 | 1.4 |
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| Koutenay (Kootenai) | 16055 | 1864 | Coeur d'Alene (Coeur d'Alene) | Nez Pers | Kutenai Native American tribe ("water people") | 137 475 | 3408 | 40.3 |
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| Canyon (Canyon) | 16027 | 1891 | Caldwell (Caldwell) | Aida County | Canyon of the Snake River | 188 923 | 1563 | 120.9 |
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| Leita (Latah) | 16057 | 1888 | Moscow (Moscow) | Nez Pers | "The place of pines and pestles" ( "la-ta" ) - a combination of two words in the non-Perse dialect: "la-ka" ( pine ) and "ta-ol" ( pestle for rubbing the roots of camassia ) | 37 244 | 2789 | 13,4 |
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| Lemkhai (Lemhi) | 16059 | 1869 | Salmon ( Salmon ) | idaho county | Limhi Fort, named after King Limhi from the Book of Mormon ( Mormon scripture ) | 7936 | 11 835 | 0.7 |
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| Lincoln (Lincoln) | 16063 | 1895 | Shoshone ( Shoshone ) | Alturas County, Blaine | Abraham Lincoln , sixteenth president of the United States | 5208 | 3123 | 1.7 |
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| Lewis (Lewis) | 16061 | 1911 | Nezpers ( Nezperce ) | Nez Pers | Lewis, Meriweather , Lewis and Clark Expedition Member | 3821 | 1243 | 3,1 |
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| Madison (Madison) | 16065 | 1913 | Rexberg (Rexburg) | Fremont County | James Madison , Fourth President of the United States | 37 536 | 1226 | 30.6 |
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| Minidock (Minidoka) | 16067 | 1913 | Rupert ( Rupert ) | Lincoln County | "Source of water" in the Sioux language, or "wide open space" in the Shoshone language, denoting the valley of the Snake River | 20 069 | 1976 | 10,2 |
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| Nez Perce (Nez Perce) | 16069 | 1855 [5] | Lewiston (Lewiston) | Washington Territory [5] | Non-Perse Native American Tribe (Pierced Noses) | 39 265 | 2218 | 17.7 |
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| Ovaihi (Owyhee) | 16073 | 1863 | Murphy ( Murphy ) | idaho territory | Hawaiian trappers exploring the county ( “owyhee” - pronunciation of the word “hawaii”) | 11 526 | 19 934 | 0.6 |
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| Onayda (Oneida) | 16071 | 1864 | Malad city ( Malad City ) | idaho territory | Lake Onayda in New York State , from whose shores the first settlers arrived | 4286 | 3112 | 1.4 |
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| Power (Power) | 16077 | 1913 | American falls ( American falls ) | Bingham County , Blaine , Onayda | American Falls Power Station | 7817 | 3736 | 2.0 |
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| Payette (Payette) | 16075 | 1917 | Payette ( Payette ) | Canyon County | Francois Payette , Canadian trapper of the Northwest Company , who came to the county in 1818 | 22 623 | 1062 | 21.3 |
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| Twin falls (Twin falls) | 16083 | 1907 | Twin falls (Twin falls) | Cassia County | Twin Falls on the Snake River | 77 230 | 4995 | 15,5 |
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| Titon (Teton) | 16081 | 1915 | Drigs ( Driggs ) | Madison County | Massif Titon | 10 170 | 1167 | 8.7 |
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| Franklin (Franklin) | 16041 | 1913 | Preston ( Preston ) | Boise County | Franklin City, founded April 14, 1860 and named after Franklin Richards , a quorum member of the twelve apostles of the Mormon Church | 12 786 | 1731 | 7.4 |
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| Fremont (Fremont) | 16043 | 1893 | St anthony ( Saint Anthony ) | Bingham County | John Freemont , officer and explorer who explored the county in 1843 | 13 242 | 4910 | 2.7 |
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| Shoshone (Shoshone) | 16079 | 1861 [5] | Wallis [5] ( Wallace ) | Washington territory | Shoshone Native American tribe | 12 765 | 6826 | 1.9 |
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| Ada (Ada) | 16001 | 1864 | Boise (Boise) | Boise County | Ada Riggs, daughter of co-founder Boise, first child born in the county | 392 365 | 2745 | 142.9 |
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| Elmore (Elmore) | 16039 | 1889 | Mountain home (Moutain Home) | Alturas County | The largest in the state in the 1860s, silver and gold mines "Elmore" | 27 038 | 6826 | 4.0 |
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Disbanded Counties
In addition to those described above, three more counties existed in Idaho. However, all of them were disbanded in the XIX century: [14]
- Alturas is a county in the southwestern part of the state, formed in 1864 and disbanded in 1895.
- Lato ( born Lah-Toh ) is a county in the north of the state, formed in 1864 and disbanded in 1867.
- Logan is a district formed in 1889 as part of Alturas County and disbanded in 1895.
Notes
Legend:
| Districts allocated directly from territories | |
| Metropolitan area |
- ↑ Information on districts, district centers and territories (Inaccessible link) . National Association of Counties. Date of treatment March 28, 2010. Archived April 9, 2004.
- ↑ 1 2 Idaho QuickFacts (inaccessible link) . US Census Bureau . Date of treatment January 30, 2012. Archived on April 21, 2012.
- ↑ The State of Idaho - FYI Idaho History (inaccessible link) . Idaho.gov. Date of treatment March 28, 2010. Archived September 25, 2006.
- ↑ Oregon State Archives: Echoes of Oregon History Learning Guide - Oregon Territorial History . Oregon.gov. Date of treatment March 28, 2010. Archived May 21, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Franklin historic properties . Idaho State Historical Society. Date of treatment March 28, 2010. Archived April 21, 2012.
- ↑ Fremont County Idaho . Fremont County. Date of treatment March 28, 2010. Archived April 21, 2012.
- ↑ US Senator Mike Crapo: Idaho Counties (inaccessible link) . Senate.gov. Date of treatment March 28, 2010. Archived April 21, 2012.
- ↑ FIPS Codes for Idaho County Districts . NIST . Date of treatment March 28, 2010. Archived April 21, 2012.
- ↑ Idaho license plates, 1969-present . David Nicholson. Date of treatment March 28, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Idaho Counties (inaccessible link) . Idaho.gov). Date of treatment March 25, 2010. Archived April 21, 2012.
- ↑ Idaho Records . US Data Repository. Date of treatment March 21, 2010. Archived April 21, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Idaho QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau (inaccessible link) . US Census Bureau ). Date of treatment January 30, 2012. Archived on April 21, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Idaho County (Unavailable link) . Idaho.gov. Date of treatment March 28, 2010. Archived April 21, 2012.
- ↑ Idaho Genealogy Trails . Genealogy Trails 2011. Date accessed February 1, 2012. Archived April 21, 2012.