Minidoka County, Idaho
[2] Minidoka County is part of the Burley, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area.The name Minidoka is of Dakota Sioux origin meaning "a fountain or spring of water."[3] Minidoka was first used in 1883 as a name for the Union Pacific's Oregon Short Line, a railroad spur in the middle of the Snake River Plain.Minidoka National Historic Site (in adjacent Hunt of Jerome County) was part of the original reclamation project and hence shares the name.[5] It is part of the Magic Valley region of the Snake River Plain.[18] The county is in the catchment area, but not the taxation zone, for College of Southern Idaho.The last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the county was Harry S. Truman in 1948, and the last to win a majority Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940.
CountyNamed forDakota SiouxRupertTime zoneUTC−7MountainUTC−6U.S. state2020 censuscounty seatBurleyMicropolitan Statistical AreaUnion PacificOregon Short LineSnake River PlainMinidokareclamation projectPresidentTheodore RooseveltMinidoka DamMinidoka National Historic SiteJerome CountyLincoln CountyCamp Rupertprisoner of warWorld War IIU.S. Census BureauMagic ValleyelevationSnake RiverCassia CountyBlaine CountyCraters of the Moon National Monument and PreserveMinidoka National Wildlife RefugeInterstate 842000 censusAfrican AmericanNative AmericanPacific IslanderHispanicLatinoEnglishGermanAmerican ancestrypoverty line2010 censusAmericanMinidoka County Joint School District 331Minico High SchoolCollege of Southern IdahoAcequiaHeyburnJacksonKimamaHarry S. TrumanFranklin D. RooseveltRepublicanDemocraticThird party(ies)National Register of Historic Places listings in Minidoka County, IdahoWayback MachineUnited States Census BureauNational Center for Education StatisticsIdaho LegislatureBlaine County, IdahoCitiesUnincorporated communitiesTopicsDelegationsGovernorsHistoryBibliographyPeopleSymbolsAbortionClimate changeCultureElectionsGun lawsLGBT rightsBoise metropolitan areaCache ValleyCentral IdahoColumbia River PlateauEastern IdahoGreat BasinInland EmpireNorth Central IdahoIdaho PanhandlePalouseSouthern IdahoSouthwestern IdahoTreasure ValleyWasatch RangeWood River ValleyYellowstoneLargercitiesMeridianIdaho FallsPocatelloCaldwellCoeur d'AleneTwin FallsLewistonPost Falls Rexburg Moscow EagleSmallercitiesChubbuckMountain HomeHaydenBlackfootGarden CityJeromeCountiesBannockBear LakeBenewahBinghamBlaineBonnerBonnevilleBoundaryCanyon