Mountain Home (city, Idaho)

Mountain home
	City
Mountain home
	English Mountain home
	Print
A country	USA
State	Idaho
County	Elmore
The mayor	Tom rist ; ( English Tom Rist )
History and Geography
Founded	1876
Area	13.4 km²
Center height	959 m
Timezone	UTC − 7 , summer UTC − 6
Population
Population	12,266 people ( 2009 )
Density	915 people / km²
Digital identifiers
Telephone code	+1 208
Postal codes	83647
Car code	1E
FIPS	16-54730
GNIS
	mountain-home.us (English)

Mountain Home ^[1] ( Eng. Mountain Home ) - the county center of Elmore County, Idaho , USA . In 2009, the population was 12,266 people ^[2] .

Content

1 History
2 Geography and climate
3 population
4 notes

History

Mountain Home was founded as a post office for the Rattlesnake station On the Overland Route 11 kilometers east of the current situation of the city. In 1883, with the extension of the Oregon Small Railroad the post office was moved to the location of the modern city ^[3] . In 1943, an air force base was deployed 19 kilometers south-west of the city acting until now ^[4] . 4,500 military and 850 civilians are deployed at the base; it is the main source of income for the city ^[5] .

Geography and climate

Mountain Home is located in the southwestern part of Elmore County. The height of the central part of the city is 959 m . The area of the city is 13.4 km². The state capital, Boise , is 65 km directly. ^[6]

Motorways SH-51 , ^[7] SH-67 , ^[8] I-84 ^[9] and US-20 ^[10] pass through the city. The city has its own municipal airport ^[11] .

The city is located in the temperate zone . The coldest month is January , the warmest is July . The average relative humidity in winter is 50%, in summer - 23% ^[5] .

Mountain Hom Climateogram
I AM	F	M	BUT	M	AND	AND	BUT	FROM	ABOUT	N	D
33.5 3 -7	24.6 7 -four	30.2 12 -one	23.4 17 2	21.8 22 6	15.0 28 10	9.7 33 fourteen	5.1 33 13	17.3 27 8	19.3 19 2	33.5 9 -3	35.1 3 -7
Temperature in ° C • Sum of precipitation in mm Source: weather.com

Population

According to data for 2009 , the population of Mountain Khoma was 12,266 people ^[2] . The population density is 915 people / km². The average age of the population is 28 years and 6 months. Sexual composition of the population: 50.8% - men, 49.2% - women. In 2000, there were 4,337 households and 2,957 families . The racial makeup of the population is estimated at 2000: ^[12]

white - 80.8%;
African Americans - 4.0%;
Indians - 3.9%;
Asians - 1.2%;
Oceanians - 0.4%;
other races - 1.7%;
two or more races - 8.0%.

Notes

↑ United States of America // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - S. 168-169. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
↑ ¹ ² Mountain Home city, Idaho - Population Finder . US Census Bureau . Date of treatment August 20, 2011. Archived on August 25, 2012.
↑ Cort Conley. "Idaho for the Curious." - Backeddy Books, 1982. - S. 417. - 704 p. - ISBN 0960356630 .
↑ Factsheets: Mountain Home Air Force Base History (inaccessible link) . Mountain Home Air Force Base. Date of treatment August 20, 2011. Archived on August 25, 2012.
↑ ¹ ² About Mtn Home (inaccessible link) . mountain-home.us. Date of treatment August 20, 2011. Archived January 23, 2011.
↑ Mountain Home Idaho Profile and Resource Guide . Key to the City. Date of treatment August 20, 2011. Archived on August 25, 2012.
↑ State Highway 51 (inaccessible link) . Idaho Transportation Department. Date of treatment August 20, 2011. Archived October 15, 2008.
↑ State Highway 67 (inaccessible link) . Idaho Transportation Department. Date of treatment August 20, 2011. Archived November 13, 2008.
↑ Interstate 84 (inaccessible link) . Idaho Transportation Department. Date of treatment August 20, 2011. Archived October 12, 2008.
↑ US 20 (English) (unavailable link) . Idaho Transportation Department. Date of treatment August 20, 2011. Archived on September 6, 2008.
↑ U76 (English) (unavailable link) . Idaho Transportation Department. Date of treatment August 21, 2011. Archived on August 25, 2012.
↑ Mountain Home city, Idaho . US Census Bureau. Date of treatment August 21, 2011. Archived on August 25, 2012.

[1] United States of America // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - S. 168-169. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).

[USCB-2] ¹ ² Mountain Home city, Idaho - Population Finder . US Census Bureau . Date of treatment August 20, 2011. Archived on August 25, 2012.

[3] Cort Conley. "Idaho for the Curious." - Backeddy Books, 1982. - S. 417. - 704 p. - ISBN 0960356630 .

[4] Factsheets: Mountain Home Air Force Base History (inaccessible link) . Mountain Home Air Force Base. Date of treatment August 20, 2011. Archived on August 25, 2012.

[mtn-5] ¹ ² About Mtn Home (inaccessible link) . mountain-home.us. Date of treatment August 20, 2011. Archived January 23, 2011.

[6] Mountain Home Idaho Profile and Resource Guide . Key to the City. Date of treatment August 20, 2011. Archived on August 25, 2012.

[7] State Highway 51 (inaccessible link) . Idaho Transportation Department. Date of treatment August 20, 2011. Archived October 15, 2008.

[8] State Highway 67 (inaccessible link) . Idaho Transportation Department. Date of treatment August 20, 2011. Archived November 13, 2008.

[9] Interstate 84 (inaccessible link) . Idaho Transportation Department. Date of treatment August 20, 2011. Archived October 12, 2008.

[10] US 20 (English) (unavailable link) . Idaho Transportation Department. Date of treatment August 20, 2011. Archived on September 6, 2008.

[11] U76 (English) (unavailable link) . Idaho Transportation Department. Date of treatment August 21, 2011. Archived on August 25, 2012.

[12] Mountain Home city, Idaho . US Census Bureau. Date of treatment August 21, 2011. Archived on August 25, 2012.