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Shoshone is the county seat and largest city of Lincoln County, Idaho, United States.GR6 The population was 1,398 at the 2000 census. In contrast to the Shoshone Native American tribe for which it is named, the city's name is correctly pronounced "Show-shown," with a silent 'e'. A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ...
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. ...
Official language(s) English [1] Capital Boise Largest city Boise Largest metro area Boise metropolitan area Area Ranked 14th - Total 83,642 sq mi (216,632 km²) - Width 305 miles (491 km) - Length 479 miles (771 km) - % water 0. ...
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History
Shoshone has long been considered the main railroad station in Idaho's Magic Valley region. The much larger community of Twin Falls 26 miles (43 kilometers) to the south never developed a strong railroad presence due to the logistical issues presented by its location south of the Snake River Canyon. For many years Shoshone was the only Amtrak stop in southern Idaho. This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ...
Magic Valley is a region in south central Idaho consisting of Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka and Twin Falls Counties. ...
Motto: People Serving People Nickname: {{{nickname}}} Map Political Statistics Founded 1904 Incorporated 1904 Twin Falls County Mayor Lance W. Clow Geographic Statistics Area - Total - Land - Water 31. ...
This article deals with the area known as the Snake River Canyon near Twin Falls, Idaho. ...
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A few miles north of Shoshone are the Shoshone Ice Caves, hollow subterranean lava tubes that stay cool enough for the ice inside them to remain frozen throughout the summer. In the days before refrigeration, this feature, coupled with the railroad, made Shoshone popular with travelers as "the only place for hundreds of miles where one could get a cold beer." Lava tubes are natural conduits through which lava travels beneath the surface of a lava flow. ...
Economy Today, Shoshone still has several bars, but also boasts a cafe, a movie theater, and a grocery store -- unusual for such a small town. While limited retail jobs exist, Shoshone is primarily a farming and dairy community.
Shoshone is home to a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) facility with helipad, and a tire recycling plant operates a few miles to the north. The town also has a small medical clinic, and recently built a new K-12 school building. US BLM logo The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers Americas public lands, totaling approximately 261 million surface acres (1,056,229. ...
In recent years Shoshone has become a bedroom community for people working in neighboring Blaine County due to an often dramatic difference in cost of living between the two locales. This phenomenon has contributed greatly to recent growth in the Shoshone area. Commuters waiting for the morning train in Maplewood, New Jersey A bedroom community, dormitory town, or commuter town is a community that is primarily residential in character, with most of its workers commuting to a nearby town or city to earn their livelihood. ...
Blaine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. ...
Culture Shoshone hosts the Mannie Shaw's Old Time Fiddler's Jamboree in the city park each year on the second Sunday in July.
Geography Shoshone is located at 42°56′12″N, 114°24′28″W (42.936742, -114.407816)GR1. Image File history File links IDMap-doton-Shoshone. ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.5 km² (1.0 mi²), all land, though the Little Wood River runs through the town. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
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A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...
Little Wood River is a 90 mile (145 km) long river in south central Idaho. ...
Much of the land around Shoshone is lava rock, which can make excavation for building problematic, and which limits the amount of useful farmland.
Traffic bound to or from the Blaine County resort towns typically passes through Shoshone on State Highway 75, maintaining the town's early heritage as a brief rest stop for travelers passing through.
Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 1,398 people, 547 households, and 355 families residing in the city. The population density was 550.8/km² (1,432.0/mi²). There were 615 housing units at an average density of 242.3/km² (629.9/mi²). Apartments are scarce, and most of the neighborhoods are decades old. There has been a small amount of new construction and Shoshone has experienced slow growth since the year 2000, due in part to commuters who work in Sun Valley but choose to live in Shoshone because of the comparatively lower cost of living. Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ...
Sun Valley is the name of several places in the United States of America: Sun Valley, Idaho, a ski area and resort community in central Idaho Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California, in the San Fernando Valley Sun Valley, Nevada, a suburb north of Reno Sun Valley, El Paso, Texas, a...
The racial makeup of the city was 88.91% White, 0.07% African American, 1.43% Native American, 0.79% Asian, 0.14% Pacific Islander, 7.65% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.30% of the population. The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There were 547 households out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families. 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.10. Marriage is an interpersonal relationship with governmental, social, or religious recognition, usually intimate and sexual, and often created as a contract, or through civil process. ...
In the city the population was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $31,036, and the median income for a family was $35,787. Males had a median income of $29,479 versus $20,417 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,756. About 11.1% of families and 13.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.1% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ...
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Lincoln County, Idaho | | County seat: Shoshone | | Cities | Dietrich | Richfield | Shoshone Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. ...
Official language(s) English [1] Capital Boise Largest city Boise Largest metro area Boise metropolitan area Area Ranked 14th - Total 83,642 sq mi (216,632 km²) - Width 305 miles (491 km) - Length 479 miles (771 km) - % water 0. ...
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Dietrich is a town in Lincoln County, Idaho, United States. ...
Richfield is a city in Lincoln County, Idaho, in the United States. ...
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