Editing Blackfoot, Idaho

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Blackfoot
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| motto              = 
| image_skyline      = Blackfoot, Idaho.jpg
| imagesize          = 275px
| image_caption      = Business District of Blackfoot
| image_seal         = Blackfoot Idaho city seal.jpg
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| map_caption        = Location of Blackfoot in Bingham County, Idaho
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| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Idaho]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Idaho|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Bingham County, Idaho|Bingham]]
<!-- Government ----------->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Marc Carroll<ref>{{cite web|title=Mayor Marc Carroll|url=https://www.cityofblackfoot.org/176/Marc-Carroll-Mayor|publisher=City of Blackfoot, Idaho|access-date=January 17, 2024}}</ref>
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = 1878
| established_title1 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date1  = January 16, 1901
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| area_total_km2     = 16.08
| area_land_km2      = 15.34
| area_water_km2     = 0.74
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| area_land_sq_mi    = 5.92
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.28
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| population_est     = 12702
| pop_est_as_of      = 2022
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| population_footnotes = <ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
| population_total   = 12346
| population_density_km2 = 804.7
| population_density_sq_mi = 2084.1
| population_urban   = 14231
| population_metro   = 49923 (US: [[Micropolitan statistical area|217th]])
| population_blank1_title = [[Combined Statistical Area|Combined]]
| population_blank1  = 284485 (US: [[Combined statistical area|121st]])
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| utc_offset         = –7
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| utc_offset_DST     = –6
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 4502
| coordinates        = {{coord|43|11|27|N|112|21|38|W|region:US-ID_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code        = 83221
| area_code          = [[Area codes 208 and 986|208 and 986]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 16-07840
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
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| website            = {{URL|https://www.cityofblackfoot.org/|cityofblackfoot.org}}
| footnotes          = 
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'''Blackfoot''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Bingham County, Idaho|Bingham County]], [[Idaho]], United States. The population was 12,346 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Blackfoot_city,_Idaho?g=160XX00US1607840 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 17, 2024}}</ref><ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011}}</ref> Blackfoot is the principal city of the [[Idaho Falls metropolitan area|Blackfoot, Idaho, Micropolitan Statistical Area]], which includes Bingham County.

==History==
[[Image:Plowing Main Street of Blackfoot.JPG|thumb|left|Early settlers plow the road for Main Street]]
The city of Blackfoot is located near the center of [[Bingham County, Idaho|Bingham County]], on the south side of the Snake River. It was designated the county seat by the Thirteenth Territorial Legislature on January 13, 1885.<ref>{{Cite book|title=History of Idaho the Gem of the Mountains |last=Hawley |first=James H. |publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago |year=1920 |pages=719}}</ref> Originally, the county seat was to be [[Idaho Falls, Idaho|Eagle Rock]] (the original name for Idaho Falls). However, supposedly, on the night before the legislation was to be signed, men from Blackfoot bribed a clerk to erase Eagle Rock and write in Blackfoot. The measure went through without opposition and was signed by the governor.<ref>"Bingham County History, Written and Compiled by the People of Bingham County". Taylor Publishing Company. 1985. Library of Congress number 85072293</ref> The origin of this accusation, written many years after the event, was a Blackfoot newspaper editor named Byrd Trego. The battle for county seat between Eagle Rock and Blackfoot was a political tug-of-war involving sectional and anti-Mormon factions in the Idaho Legislature. The leader of the southeastern Idaho anti-Mormons was a Yale graduate named [[Fred Dubois]], who settled in Blackfoot in 1880. The legislative maneuvering to overturn Eagle Rock as the county seat naturally left "disparaging rumors intimating some skullduggery on Blackfoot’s part."<ref>Davis Bitton, "The Making of a Community," ''Idaho Yesterdays'', Vol. 19 Issue 1, 1974, 10.</ref>

Frederick S. Stevens and Joe Warren were the first permanent white settlers of record in Bingham County.<ref>Thomas H. Williams, ''Miracle of the Desert, p.22.'' Blackfoot, Idaho: published by author, 1957), BYU Harold B. Lee Library, BX 8677.96.255.</ref> In 1866, Stevens and Warren filed claims in the Snake River Valley near the present-day location of Blackfoot, where they started farming and ranching.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Idaho Encyclopedia|last = Works Progress Administration|first = Federal Writers' Project|publisher = Caxton Printers, Ltd. Caldwell, Idaho|year = 1938|pages = 227}}</ref> The area was a flat, expansive plain of sagebrush frequented by Indians. To create a place of safety for the scattered settlers when they feared Indian trouble, Mr. Warren outfitted his cabin with holes between the logs where men could stand guard, day or night, until the natives left the neighborhood.<ref>{{Cite book|title = History of Idaho|last = Hawley|first = James H.|publisher = Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company|year = 1920|pages = 719}}</ref> When the [[Utah and Northern Railway]] signed contracts to expand north into Idaho in the 1870s, some of the settlers laid out a town on the Shilling and Lewis homesteads.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Idaho Encyclopedia|last = Works Progres Administration|first = Federal Writers' Project|publisher = Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, Ltd.|year = 1938|pages = 227}}</ref> The planned town, named Blackfoot, which was what the area had been called by fur traders, was near the Corbett stage station, about a mile from the Snake River, and two miles from the Blackfoot River.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = The Making of a Community|last = Bitton|first = Davis|date = 1974|journal = Idaho Yesterdays|issue = 1|location = BYU Harold B. Lee Library Special Collections|volume = 19|pages = 2, 4}}</ref>

Civil War veteran William Edward Wheeler, from Vermont, was an early settler. On July 1, 1880, Wheeler began publishing a newspaper called the ''Blackfoot Register.''<ref>{{Cite journal|title = The Making of a Community|last = Bitton|first = Davis|date = 1974|journal = Idaho Yesterdays|issue = 1|location = BYU Harold B. Lee Library Special Collections|volume = 19|pages = 3}}</ref> The first issue described the businesses in operation in Blackfoot on the publication date: "four general merchandise stores, one jewelry store, a livery stable, four saloons, a hotel, one meat market, two blacksmith shops, one barber shop and one lumber yard."<ref name="Bitton_4"/> Henry W. Curtis opened the first hardware store in 1885.<ref>{{Cite book|title = History of Idaho, the Gem of the Mountains|last = Hawley|first = James H.|publisher = Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company|year = 1920|pages = 614}}</ref>

The first issue of the ''Blackfoot Register'' also described "a ditch being dug from the [[Blackfoot River (Idaho)|Blackfoot River]] that would irrigate several thousand acres."<ref name="Bitton_4">{{Cite journal|title = The Making of a Community|last = Bitton|first = Davis|date = 1974|journal = Idaho Yesterdays|issue = 1|location = BYU Harold B. Lee Library Special Collections|volume = 19|pages = 4}}</ref> It was their plan to bring the water into town so residents could grow gardens and plant trees.<ref name="Bitton_4"/> The goal was finally realized in 1886 when Alfred Moyes planted the first shade trees in the Upper [[Snake River Plain]] around the Blackfoot Courthouse.<ref name="Hawley">James H. Hawley, Editor, ''History of Idaho, the Gem of the Mountains,'' (Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1920), 719.</ref> Others in town followed suit and within a few years Blackfoot's tree-lined streets had a reputation that earned the nickname "Grove City." Sightseeing excursions from the surrounding area were reportedly organized so they could "feast their eyes on this verdure," which stood in pleasant, stark contrast with the endless acres of dry, gray sagebrush.<ref name="Hawley"/>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|6.07|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|5.83|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.24|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=December 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 25, 2012}}</ref>

Blackfoot has a [[semi-arid climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''BSk'') with cold winters and hot summers.

{{Weather box
|location = Blackfoot, Idaho, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1895–present
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|Jan record high F = 60
|Feb record high F = 74
|Mar record high F = 79
|Apr record high F = 88
|May record high F = 96
|Jun record high F = 108
|Jul record high F = 104
|Aug record high F = 104
|Sep record high F = 99
|Oct record high F = 88
|Nov record high F = 74
|Dec record high F = 61

|Jan avg record high F = 44.7
|Feb avg record high F = 50.4
|Mar avg record high F = 64.6
|Apr avg record high F = 75.7
|May avg record high F = 84.2
|Jun avg record high F = 91.1
|Jul avg record high F = 96.5
|Aug avg record high F = 95.4
|Sep avg record high F = 89.3
|Oct avg record high F = 78.1
|Nov avg record high F = 62.6
|Dec avg record high F = 49.3
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|Jan high F = 31.2
|Feb high F = 37.0
|Mar high F = 48.8
|Apr high F = 57.4
|May high F = 67.6
|Jun high F = 76.7
|Jul high F = 86.9
|Aug high F = 85.9
|Sep high F = 75.1
|Oct high F = 60.5
|Nov high F = 44.8
|Dec high F = 32.1
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|Jan mean F = 24.0
|Feb mean F = 28.8
|Mar mean F = 39.0
|Apr mean F = 46.1
|May mean F = 55.2
|Jun mean F = 63.2
|Jul mean F = 71.4
|Aug mean F = 70.1
|Sep mean F = 60.6
|Oct mean F = 47.8
|Nov mean F = 35.1
|Dec mean F = 24.8
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|Jan low F = 16.8
|Feb low F = 20.5
|Mar low F = 29.1
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|May low F = 42.8
|Jun low F = 49.8
|Jul low F = 56.0
|Aug low F = 54.2
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|Oct low F = 35.0
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|Jan avg record low F = -3.4
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|Jul avg record low F = 45.5
|Aug avg record low F = 42.2
|Sep avg record low F = 32.3
|Oct avg record low F = 20.9
|Nov avg record low F = 8.3
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|year avg record low F = -8.3

|Jan record low F = -40
|Feb record low F = -39
|Mar record low F = -19
|Apr record low F = 6
|May record low F = 17
|Jun record low F = 24
|Jul record low F = 30
|Aug record low F = 23
|Sep record low F = 12
|Oct record low F = -1
|Nov record low F = -24
|Dec record low F = -30

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|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
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|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Blackfoot Fire DEPT, ID
|access-date = June 16, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=pih
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Pocatello
|access-date = June 16, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 285
|1890= 538
|1900= 1000
|1910= 2202
|1920= 3937
|1930= 3199
|1940= 3681
|1950= 5780
|1960= 7378
|1970= 8716
|1980= 10065
|1990= 9646
|2000= 10419
|2010= 11899
|2020= 12346
|estyear=2022
|estimate=12702
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2022">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |date=January 17, 2024|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=January 17, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=Source:<ref>Moffatt, Riley. ''Population History of Western U.S. Cities & Towns, 1850-1990''. [[Lanham, Maryland|Lanham]]: Scarecrow, 1996, 90.</ref><br>U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref><br>2020 Census<ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]], there were 11,899 people, 4,229 households and 2,958 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2041.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 4,547 housing units at an average density of {{convert|779.9|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 83.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 3.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 9.1% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.8% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 18.4% of the population.

There were 4,229 households, of which 39.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.1% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.31.

The median age in the city was 30.8 years. 31.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.5% were from 25 to 44; 20.8% were from 45 to 64; and 12.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.6% male and 50.4% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]], there were 10,419 people, 3,685 households and 2,682 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,926.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 3,929 housing units at an average density of {{convert|726.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 86.76% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.21% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.51% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.09% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 6.33% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.06% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 13.17% of the population.

There were 3,685 households, of which 38.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.2% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.27.

31.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.

The [[median household income]] was $33,004 and the median family income was $36,553. Males had a median income of $31,489 compared with $20,625 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,529. About 11.5% of families and 14.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.4% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
Blackfoot claims the largest potato industry in any one area, and is known as the "Potato Capital of the World."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blackfootidaho.com/local/cityinfo.html |title=Information for Blackfoot, Idaho |access-date=December 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207071703/http://blackfootidaho.com/local/cityinfo.html |archive-date=February 7, 2009}}</ref>

==Arts and culture==
Blackfoot is the site of the [[Idaho Potato Museum]], the location of the world's largest [[baked potato]] and [[potato chips|potato chip]], and the location of the [[Eastern Idaho State Fair]].

==Education==
Blackfoot is served by the Blackfoot School District #55 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.d55.k12.id.us/bfsd_003.htm |title=Secondary Schools |access-date=December 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220011028/http://www.d55.k12.id.us/bfsd_003.htm |archive-date=December 20, 2008}}</ref> and the Snake River School District #52.<ref>[http://www.snakeriver.org/SR/generalinfo.cfm?ULink=9877348]{{dead link|date=November 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

===High schools===
{{colbegin}}
* [[Blackfoot High School]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.d55.k12.id.us/bhs/bhs.htm |title=Home |access-date=December 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222220937/http://www.d55.k12.id.us/bhs/bhs.htm |archive-date=December 22, 2008}}</ref>
* Independence High School<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.d55.k12.id.us/independence/main.htm |title=Blackfoot Idaho School District #55 |access-date=December 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222220946/http://www.d55.k12.id.us/independence/main.htm |archive-date=December 22, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Snake River High School]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snakeriver.org/SR/SchoolInfo.cfm?schID%3D6 |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504171645/http://www.snakeriver.org/SR/SchoolInfo.cfm?schID=6 |archive-date=May 4, 2008}}</ref>
{{colend}}

===Middle schools===
{{colbegin}}
* Mountain View Middle School<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.d55.k12.id.us/mvms/mvms.htm |title=MVMS Home |access-date=December 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222221256/http://www.d55.k12.id.us/mvms/mvms.htm |archive-date=December 22, 2008}}</ref>
* Snake River Junior High School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://srjh.snakeriver.org/|title=Snake River Junior High School|website=srjh.snakeriver.org|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref>
* Snake River Middle School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://srms.snakeriver.org/|title=Snake River Middle School|website=srms.snakeriver.org|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref>
{{colend}}

===Elementary schools===
{{colbegin}}
* Blackfoot Sixth Grade School<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.d55.k12.id.us/bsgs/main.htm |title=Home page |access-date=December 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309005201/http://www.d55.k12.id.us/bsgs/main.htm |archive-date=March 9, 2009}}</ref>
* Fort Hall Elementary School<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.d55.k12.id.us/forthall/main.htm |title=Home |access-date=December 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622121518/http://www.d55.k12.id.us/forthall/main.htm |archive-date=June 22, 2008}}</ref>
* Groveland Elementary School
* Ridgecrest Elementary School
* Donald D. Stalker Elementary School
* I.T. Stoddard Elementary School
* Wapello Elementary School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.d55.k12.id.us/wapello/|title=html_bsd55|website=html_bsd55|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref>
* Riverside Elementary School
* Rockford Elementary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rkfd.snakeriver.org/|title=Rockford Elementary School|website=rkfd.snakeriver.org|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref>
* Moreland Elementary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mrld.snakeriver.org/|title=Moreland Elementary|website=mrld.snakeriver.org|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref>
{{colend}}

==Notable people==
* [[Kimball Allen]], writer and actor
* [[Dan Clark]], Stand up Comedian and writer
* [[Josh Hill (American football)|Josh Hill]], professional football player
* [[Dixie Kiefer]], U.S. Navy captain during WWII
* [[Larry Scott (bodybuilder)|Larry Scott]], bodybuilder and [[1966 Mr. Olympia]]; born in Blackfoot
* [[Mike Simpson]], U.S. Representative from Idaho's 2nd congressional district

==In popular culture==
* Blackfoot is mentioned in the song "[[When Cowboys Didn't Dance]]" by [[Lonestar]] as the destination of a [[cattle drive]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Blackfoot, Idaho}}
{{Wikivoyage|Blackfoot}}
* {{official|https://www.cityofblackfoot.org}}

{{Bingham County, Idaho}}

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