List of counties in Idaho
There are 44 counties in the U.S. state of Idaho.
Alphabetical list
County |
FIPS code[1] | County seat[2] | Established[2] | Origin[3] | License plate prefix[4] | Meaning of name [5] |
Population (2020)[6] | Area[2] | Map |
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Ada County | 001 | Boise | 1864 | Boise County | 1A | Ada Riggs, daughter of H. C. Riggs, a member of the Idaho Territorial Legislature. | 494,967 | 1,055 sq mi (2,732 km2) |
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Adams County | 003 | Council | 1911 | Washington County | 2A | John Adams (1735-1826), second President of the United States (1797-1801). | 4,379 | 1,365 sq mi (3,535 km2) |
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Bannock County | 005 | Pocatello | 1893 | Bingham County | 1B | Bannock Native American tribe. | 87,018 | 1,113 sq mi (2,883 km2) |
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Bear Lake County | 007 | Paris | 1875 | Oneida County | 2B | Bear Lake on the Utah/Idaho border. | 6,372 | 971 sq mi (2,515 km2) |
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Benewah County | 009 | St. Maries | 1915 | Kootenai County | 3B | Ben'wah, chief of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe | 9,530 | 776 sq mi (2,010 km2) |
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Bingham County | 011 | Blackfoot | 1885 | Oneida County | 4B | Henry H. Bingham (1841-1912), a general in the American Civil War and a U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania. | 47,992 | 2,095 sq mi (5,426 km2) |
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Blaine County | 013 | Hailey | 1895 | Alturas and Logan Counties | 5B | James G. Blaine (1830-1893), United States Secretary of State (1881, 1889-1892). | 24,272 | 2,645 sq mi (6,851 km2) |
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Boise County | 015 | Idaho City | 1864 | original county | 6B | Boise River | 7,610 | 1,902 sq mi (4,926 km2) |
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Bonner County | 017 | Sandpoint | 1907 | Kootenai County | 7B | Edwin L. Bonner, originator of an 1864 ferry service on the Kootenai River. | 47,110 | 1,738 sq mi (4,501 km2) |
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Bonneville County | 019 | Idaho Falls | 1911 | Bingham County | 8B | Benjamin Bonneville (1796-1878), a French-born explorer of the West. | 123,964 | 1,869 sq mi (4,841 km2) |
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Boundary County | 021 | Bonners Ferry | 1915 | Bonner County | 9B | Borders Canada on the north. | 12,056 | 1,269 sq mi (3,287 km2) |
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Butte County | 023 | Arco | 1917 | Bingham, Blaine, and Jefferson Counties | 10B | Buttes rising from the Snake River Plain. | 2,574 | 2,233 sq mi (5,783 km2) |
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Camas County | 025 | Fairfield | 1917 | Blaine County | 1C | Camassia, a plant species important as a food source among Native Americans and early settlers. | 1,117 | 1,077 sq mi (2,789 km2) |
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Canyon County | 027 | Caldwell | 1892 | Ada County | 2C | Disputed, either a canyon of the Boise River near Caldwell or a canyon of the Snake River which forms part of the county's boundary. | 231,105 | 590 sq mi (1,528 km2) |
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Caribou County | 029 | Soda Springs | 1919 | Bannock County | 3C | Caribou Mountains | 7,027 | 1,766 sq mi (4,574 km2) |
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Cassia County | 031 | Burley | 1879 | Owyhee County | 4C | Disputed, either Cassia Creek or a member of the Mormon Battalion, James John Cazier. | 24,655 | 2,567 sq mi (6,648 km2) |
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Clark County | 033 | Dubois | 1919 | Fremont County | 5C | Sam K. Clark, early settler and a member of the Idaho Senate. | 790 | 1,765 sq mi (4,571 km2) |
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Clearwater County | 035 | Orofino | 1911 | Nez Perce County | 6C | Clearwater River | 8,734 | 2,462 sq mi (6,377 km2) |
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Custer County | 037 | Challis | 1881 | Alturas and Lemhi Counties | 7C | General Custer mine, named after George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876), United States Army general. | 4,275 | 4,926 sq mi (12,758 km2) |
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Elmore County | 039 | Mountain Home | 1889 | Alturas County | E | Ida Elmore mines, locally noted for gold and silver production in the 1860s. | 28,666 | 3,078 sq mi (7,972 km2) |
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Franklin County | 041 | Preston | 1913 | Oneida County | 1F | Franklin D. Richards (1821-1899), early LDS Church apostle. | 14,194 | 666 sq mi (1,725 km2) |
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Fremont County | 043 | Saint Anthony | 1893 | Bingham County | 2F | John C. Frémont (1813-1890), an explorer of the West. | 13,388 | 1,867 sq mi (4,836 km2) |
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Gem County | 045 | Emmett | 1915 | Boise and Canyon Counties | 1G | State nickname of "Gem State." | 19,123 | 563 sq mi (1,458 km2) |
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Gooding County | 047 | Gooding | 1913 | Lincoln County | 2G | Frank R. Gooding (1859-1928), seventh Governor of Idaho (1905-1909), U.S. Senator (1921-1928). | 15,598 | 731 sq mi (1,893 km2) |
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Idaho County | 049 | Grangeville | 1864 | original county | I | Columbia River steamship Idaho launched in 1860. Name predates both Idaho Territory and the State of Idaho. | 16,541 | 8,485 sq mi (21,976 km2) |
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Jefferson County | 051 | Rigby | 1913 | Fremont County | 1J | Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third President of the United States (1801-1809). | 30,891 | 1,095 sq mi (2,836 km2) |
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Jerome County | 053 | Jerome | 1919 | Gooding and Lincoln Counties | 2J | Disputed, either North Side Irrigation Project developer Jerome Hill, his son-in-law Jerome Kuhn, or his grandson Jerome Kuhn, Jr. | 24,237 | 600 sq mi (1,554 km2) |
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Kootenai County | 055 | Coeur d'Alene | 1864 | Nez Perce County | K | Kootenai Native American tribe. | 171,362 | 1,245 sq mi (3,225 km2) |
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Latah County | 057 | Moscow | 1888 | Nez Perce County | 1L | Latah Creek, Nez Perce for "the place of pine trees and sestle." | 39,517 | 1,077 sq mi (2,789 km2) |
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Lemhi County | 059 | Salmon | 1869 | Idaho County | 2L | Limhi, king of the Nephites according to the Book of Mormon. | 7,974 | 4,564 sq mi (11,821 km2) |
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Lewis County | 061 | Nezperce | 1911 | Nez Perce County | 3L | Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809), a leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. | 3,533 | 479 sq mi (1,241 km2) |
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Lincoln County | 063 | Shoshone | 1895 | Blaine County | 4L | Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), sixteenth President of the United States (1861-1865). Idaho Territory was founded under Lincoln's administration. | 5,127 | 1,206 sq mi (3,124 km2) |
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Madison County | 065 | Rexburg | 1913 | Fremont County | 1M | James Madison (1751-1836), fourth President of the United States (1809-1817). | 52,913 | 472 sq mi (1,222 km2) |
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Minidoka County | 067 | Rupert | 1913 | Lincoln County | 2M | Disputed Native American origin, either Lakota for "a fountain or spring of water" or Shoshoni for "broad expanse." | 21,613 | 760 sq mi (1,968 km2) |
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Nez Perce County | 069 | Lewiston | 1864 | original county | N | The Nez Perce, a Native American tribe. | 42,090 | 849 sq mi (2,199 km2) |
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Oneida County | 071 | Malad City | 1864 | original county | 1O | Oneida Lake in New York state, where many early settlers were from. | 4,564 | 1,200 sq mi (3,108 km2) |
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Owyhee County | 073 | Murphy | 1863 | original county | 2O | Alternate spelling of Hawaii. Hawaiian fur trappers explored the area in 1819 and 1820. | 11,913 | 7,678 sq mi (19,886 km2) |
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Payette County | 075 | Payette | 1917 | Canyon County | 1P | Francois Payette (1793-1844?), Canadian-born fur trader and early settler. | 25,386 | 408 sq mi (1,057 km2) |
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Power County | 077 | American Falls | 1913 | Bingham, Blaine, and Oneida Counties | 2P | The American Falls Power Plant | 7,878 | 1,406 sq mi (3,642 km2) |
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Shoshone County | 079 | Wallace | 1864 | original county | S | Shoshone Native American tribe. | 13,169 | 2,634 sq mi (6,822 km2) |
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Teton County | 081 | Driggs | 1915 | Bingham, Fremont, and Madison Counties | 1T | Teton Range in Wyoming. | 11,630 | 450 sq mi (1,165 km2) |
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Twin Falls County | 083 | Twin Falls | 1907 | Cassia County | 2T | Twin Falls waterfall on the Snake River. | 90,046 | 1,925 sq mi (4,986 km2) |
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Valley County | 085 | Cascade | 1917 | Boise and Idaho Counties | V | Long Valley located in the county. | 11,746 | 3,733 sq mi (9,668 km2) |
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Washington County | 087 | Weiser | 1879 | Ada County | W | George Washington (1732-1799), first President of the United States (1789-1797). | 10,500 | 1,456 sq mi (3,771 km2) |
Old Idaho counties
- Alturas County: A huge county in south-central Idaho that was formed in 1864, but split up in 1895.
- Lah-Toh County, Idaho Territory: A county in northern Idaho that was formed in 1864, but it was ended a short time later in 1867.
- Logan County: Formed by a partition of Alturas County in 1889, bit it was shortly ended in 1895.
References
- ↑ "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA.gov. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 National Association of Counties. "NACo - Find a county". Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ↑ Hailey, John (1910). The History of Idaho. Press of Syms-York company. pp. 305–307. OCLC 5793481. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ↑ "County License Plate Designators List" (PDF). Idaho Transportation Department. Retrieved 2018-06-30.
- ↑ "List of Idaho Counties - Idaho.gov". State of Idaho. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- ↑ "Idaho QuickFacts". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2021-09-02. (2020 Census)