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Located in Idaho’s southwestern corner, Owyhee County is bordered by Nevada on the south, Oregon on the west, Canyon, Ada and Elmore counties on the north and Twin Falls County on the east. Owyhee is the second largest county in Idaho.
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Owyhee is the second largest county in Idaho. The name,...
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In area it is the second-largest county in Idaho, [4] behind Idaho County. Owyhee County is part of the Boise metropolitan area and contains slightly more than half of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, which extends over the Nevada border, into Elko County.
Owyhee County Website. Established December 31, 1863 with its county seat at Ruby City. This was the first county to be established by the first territorial legislature. In 1867 the county seat was moved to Silver City and in 1934 to Murphy.
In 2022, Owyhee County, ID had a population of 12k people with a median age of 38.9 and a median household income of $58,440. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Owyhee County, ID grew from 11,815 to 12,043, a 1.93% increase and its median household income grew from $54,669 to $58,440, a 6.9% increase.
Owyhee is the second largest county in Idaho. The name, Owyhee, comes from early fur trappers. In 1819, three natives from Hawaii, part of Donald McKenzie’s fur-trapping expedition, were sent to trap a large stream that emptied into the Snake River.
Owyhee County is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, 11,913 people lived there. [1] The county seat is Murphy, [2] and largest city is Homedale. [3] In area, it is the second-largest county in Idaho, after Idaho County.
At its height in the 1880s, Owyhee County was among the most populous places in Idaho. Today Owyhee County is among the least populous counties, at 1.4 persons per square mile with agriculture being the main industry.
