Editing Boise County, Idaho (section)

==History==
The county was established on February 4, 1864, with its [[county seat]] at [[Idaho City, Idaho|Idaho City]].<ref name=lmtindst>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UaVfAAAAIBAJ&pg=5186%2C2539809 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |last=Goertzen |first=Dorine |title=Indian's story paved way for Boise Basin stampede |date=May 17, 1962 |page=6, section 2}}</ref> It was named for the [[Boise River]], which was named by [[French-Canadian]] explorers and trappers for the great variety of trees growing along its banks in the lower desert valley. The county is one of four Idaho counties that also existed under [[Washington Territory]]. On January 12, 1863, The Washington territorial legislature established the county containing most of Idaho below 114° 30', excluding the territory lying west of the Payette River. They established its county seat at what later became Idaho City.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Statutes of Washington Territory|date=1863|volume=10|pages=4–5|url=http://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1862pam1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121030718/http://www.leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/1862pam1.pdf |archive-date=January 21, 2013 |url-status=live|access-date=January 30, 2017}}</ref>

The Boise Basin, which contains Idaho City, was one of the nation's richest [[gold mining]] districts; gold was discovered in 1862,<ref name=lmtindst/> and more of it was pulled from present-day Boise County than from the entire state of [[Alaska]]. At its peak in the mid-1860s, Idaho City was the largest city in the [[Pacific Northwest|Northwest]], and it was this rapid population influx that led to the establishment of the [[Idaho Territory]] in 1863.<ref name=lmtindst/> The lower–elevation communities of Horseshoe Bend ([[Payette River]]) and Boise ([[Boise River]]) were staging areas for the Boise Basin mines.<ref>[http://idaho.gov/aboutidaho/county/boise.html Idaho.gov] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821033936/http://www.idaho.gov/aboutidaho/county/boise.html|date=August 21, 2013}} - About Idaho - Boise County - accessed December 9, 2011</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boisecounty.us/Department/243/visit_boise_county_page.aspx|title=Boise County, Idaho|website=www.boisecounty.us|access-date=April 4, 2018}}</ref>

The county's boundaries changed several times during [[Idaho Territory|Idaho's territorial period]]. [[Owyhee County, Idaho|Owyhee County]] (Idaho's oldest) and a portion of [[Oneida County, Idaho|Oneida County]] were carved from the southern and eastern portion of the county as it existed under [[Washington Territory]] in late December 1863 and January 1864. When Idaho Territory established the county in February 1864, it contained all of present [[Ada County, Idaho|Ada]], [[Canyon County, Idaho|Canyon]], and [[Payette County, Idaho|Payette]] counties. It also included most of present Boise and [[Gem County, Idaho|Gem]] Counties, the southern half of [[Washington County, Idaho|Washington County]], and small portions of [[Adams County, Idaho|Adams]], [[Custer County, Idaho|Custer]], Owyhee, and [[Valley County, Idaho|Valley]] counties.

When Ada County was created in December 1864, most of that territory was transferred to Ada County, leaving only small portions of Custer, Gem, Payette, Valley, and Washington counties together with most of present-day Boise County. The Boise River portion of the current western boundary was established by 1866. The southern boundary common to present Ada County was defined the following year. The northern boundary was most volatile Between 1873 and 1887 with the boundary shifting further north into Valley County, back south below Cascade, and then again north to include the North Fork of Payette River Basin. The county obtained its current boundary after Gem County was created in 1915 and Valley County in 1918.<ref>{{cite book|title=Idaho Atlas of Historical County Boundaries|date=2010|publisher=The [[Newberry Library]]|location=Chicago|pages=42–58|url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/downloads/states.html|access-date=January 30, 2017|archive-date=June 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619133351/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/downloads/states.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{anchor|bankruptcy}}In March 2011, the county filed a [[Chapter 9 bankruptcy]] petition due to judgment against the county for violating the [[Fair Housing Act]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/03/02/1548057/boise-county-files-for-bankruptcy.html |title=Boise County files for bankruptcy |access-date=July 25, 2013 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20110311111640/http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/03/02/1548057/boise-county-files-for-bankruptcy.html |archive-date=March 11, 2011 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> The county's petition for Chapter 9 relief was denied.<ref>[https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/economy/article24697294.html Moeller, Katy. ''Federal judge denies Idaho county . .''  Idaho Statesman (September 3, 2011)]</ref>