Editing Ketchum, Idaho

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'''Ketchum''' is a city in [[Blaine County, Idaho|Blaine County]], [[Idaho]], United States. Located in the [[Central Idaho|central]] part of the state, the population was 3,555 at the [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]],{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} up from 2,689 in 2010.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} Located in the [[Wood River Valley]], Ketchum is adjacent to [[Sun Valley, Idaho|Sun Valley]] and the communities share many resources: both sit in the same valley beneath [[Bald Mountain, Idaho|Bald Mountain]], with its [[Alpine skiing|skiing]]. The city also draws tourists to its [[fishing]], [[hiking]], [[trail riding]], [[tennis]], [[shopping]], art galleries, and more. The airport for Ketchum, [[Friedman Memorial Airport]], is approximately {{convert|15|mi|km|0}} south in [[Hailey, Idaho|Hailey]].

==History==
[[File:Idaho - Kellogg through Ketchum - NARA - 23939443 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|View of Ketchum, 1941]]
Originally the [[smelting]] center of the Warm Springs mining district, the town was first named Leadville in 1880. The postal department decided that was too common and renamed it for David Ketchum,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n173 174]}}</ref> a local trapper and guide who had staked a claim in the basin a year earlier. Smelters were built in the 1880s, with the Philadelphia Smelter, located on Warm Springs Road, processing large amounts of lead and silver for about a decade.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ksvhistoricalsociety.org/history.asp |title=History |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128224508/http://www.ksvhistoricalsociety.org/history.asp |archive-date=2012-01-28 |publisher=Ketchum / Sun Valley Historical Society |url-status=usurped |access-date=2012-03-06}}</ref>

After the mining boom subsided in the 1890s, sheepmen from the south drove their flocks north through Ketchum in the summer, to graze in the upper elevation areas of the [[Pioneer Mountains (Idaho)|Pioneer]], [[Boulder Mountains (Idaho)|Boulder]], and [[Sawtooth Range (Idaho)|Sawtooth]] mountains. By 1920, Ketchum had become the largest sheep-shipping center in the [[Western United States|West]]. In the fall, massive flocks of sheep flowed south into the town's livestock corrals at the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]'s railhead, which connected to the main line at [[Shoshone, Idaho|Shoshone]].<ref>"Idaho for the Curious", by Cort Conley, 1982, {{ISBN|0-9603566-3-0}}, p.348-349</ref>

After the development of [[Sun Valley, Idaho|Sun Valley]] by the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] in 1936, Ketchum became popular with celebrities, including [[Gary Cooper]] and [[Ernest Hemingway]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ernest Hemingway |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23434 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=www.wikidata.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=97006051 |url=https://viaf.org/viaf/97006051/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=viaf.org}}</ref> Hemingway loved the surrounding area; he fished, hunted, and in the late 1950s bought a [[Ernest and Mary Hemingway House|home]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ernest and Mary Hemingway House |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30641853 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=www.wikidata.org |language=en}}</ref> overlooking the Big Wood River near the city. It was there he committed suicide; he and his wife [[Mary Welsh Hemingway|Mary]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mary Welsh Hemingway |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3296265 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=www.wikidata.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=76443222 |url=https://viaf.org/viaf/76443222/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=viaf.org}}</ref> his granddaughter, model and actress [[Margaux Hemingway]], are buried in the Ketchum Cemetery. The local elementary school is named in his honor.

Every [[Labor Day]] weekend, Ketchum hosts the Wagon Days festival, a themed carnival featuring Old West wagon trains, narrow ore wagons, and a parade.

The [[Clint Eastwood]] film ''[[Pale Rider]]'' (1985) was partially filmed in the Boulder Mountains near Ketchum.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Maddrey |first1=Joseph |date=2016 |title=The Quick, the Dead and the Revived: The Many Lives of the Western Film |publisher=McFarland |page=184 |isbn=9781476625492}}</ref>

Ketchum is referenced in the song "Ketchum, ID" by indie rock band [[boygenius]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/boygenius-boygenius-ep/|title=boygenius: boygenius EP|website=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=2018-12-15}}</ref>

==Geography==
Ketchum is located at an [[elevation]] of {{convert|5853|ft|m|0}} [[AMSL|above sea level]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.08|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which, {{convert|3.05|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.03|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=2012-12-18 |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=2012-01-25 }}</ref> However, two mountain streams, Trail Creek and Warm Springs Creek, join the [[Big Wood River]] in Ketchum.

===Climate===

According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Ketchum has a warm-summer [[humid continental climate]], abbreviated "Dsb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Ketchum was {{convert|98|F|C|1}} on July 13, 2002, while the coldest temperature recorded was {{convert|-46|F|C|1}} on February 2, 1950.<ref name=NOWData />

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|location = Ketchum, Idaho, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1937–present
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|Jan record high F = 54
|Feb record high F = 56
|Mar record high F = 67
|Apr record high F = 79
|May record high F = 89
|Jun record high F = 97
|Jul record high F = 98
|Aug record high F = 96
|Sep record high F = 93
|Oct record high F = 85
|Nov record high F = 69
|Dec record high F = 60

|Jan avg record high F = 43.1
|Feb avg record high F = 47.1
|Mar avg record high F = 56.3
|Apr avg record high F = 68.7
|May avg record high F = 77.6
|Jun avg record high F = 83.8
|Jul avg record high F = 90.2
|Aug avg record high F = 88.7
|Sep avg record high F = 82.3
|Oct avg record high F = 72.6
|Nov avg record high F = 58.1
|Dec avg record high F = 43.8
|year avg record high F = 90.9

|Jan high F = 31.3
|Feb high F = 35.0
|Mar high F = 42.6
|Apr high F = 51.9
|May high F = 61.6
|Jun high F = 69.7
|Jul high F = 80.0
|Aug high F = 78.7
|Sep high F = 69.0
|Oct high F = 55.9
|Nov high F = 41.2
|Dec high F = 30.3
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|Jan mean F = 19.6
|Feb mean F = 23.1
|Mar mean F = 30.6
|Apr mean F = 39.4
|May mean F = 48.2
|Jun mean F = 54.8
|Jul mean F = 62.6
|Aug mean F = 61.1
|Sep mean F = 52.6
|Oct mean F = 41.8
|Nov mean F = 29.3
|Dec mean F = 19.7
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|Jan low F = 8.0
|Feb low F = 11.1
|Mar low F = 18.7
|Apr low F = 26.9
|May low F = 34.7
|Jun low F = 39.9
|Jul low F = 45.1
|Aug low F = 43.5
|Sep low F = 36.1
|Oct low F = 27.7
|Nov low F = 17.4
|Dec low F = 9.2
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|Jan avg record low F = -8.7
|Feb avg record low F = -4.7
|Mar avg record low F = 3.5
|Apr avg record low F = 14.3
|May avg record low F = 22.7
|Jun avg record low F = 28.8
|Jul avg record low F = 34.9
|Aug avg record low F = 33.3
|Sep avg record low F = 24.5
|Oct avg record low F = 14.4
|Nov avg record low F = 1.9
|Dec avg record low F = -7.1
|year avg record low F = -11.6

|Jan record low F = -42
|Feb record low F = -46
|Mar record low F = -28
|Apr record low F = -4
|May record low F = 5
|Jun record low F = 17
|Jul record low F = 14
|Aug record low F = 16
|Sep record low F = 11
|Oct record low F = -3
|Nov record low F = -25
|Dec record low F = -37

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|Jan precipitation inch = 2.25
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.88
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.76
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.17
|May precipitation inch = 1.78
|Jun precipitation inch = 1.26
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.55
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.50
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.01
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.40
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.21
|Dec precipitation inch = 2.57
|year precipitation inch =

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|Feb precipitation days = 8.8
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|May precipitation days = 7.8
|Jun precipitation days = 7.4
|Jul precipitation days = 4.1
|Aug precipitation days = 4.1
|Sep precipitation days = 4.3
|Oct precipitation days = 5.2
|Nov precipitation days = 6.2
|Dec precipitation days = 10.9

|Jan snow inch = 27.0
|Feb snow inch = 17.2
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|Apr snow inch = 3.2
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|Jul snow inch = 0.0
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|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 1.6
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|Dec snow inch = 32.0
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|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.7
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|Jan snow depth inch = 31.1
|Feb snow depth inch = 33.4
|Mar snow depth inch = 31.9
|Apr snow depth inch = 14.8
|May snow depth inch = 0.5
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|Jul snow depth inch = 0.0
|Aug snow depth inch = 0.0
|Sep snow depth inch = 0.0
|Oct snow depth inch = 1.0
|Nov snow depth inch = 7.3
|Dec snow depth inch = 20.4
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|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
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|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Pocatello
|access-date = February 20, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 450
|1950= 757
|1960= 746
|1970= 1454
|1980= 2200
|1990= 2523
|2000= 3003
|2010= 2689
|2020= 3555
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=January 10, 2022}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=June 2024|reason=No mention of Ketchum at the given link}}
}}

Ketchum is home to several faith communities, including the Presbyterian Church of the Bigwood, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church, and the [[Wood River Jewish Community]].

{{update|section|date=June 2024|reason=Newer information is available from the 2020 census report}}

===2010 census===
At the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] there were 2,689 people, 1,431 households, and 583 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|881.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 3,564 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1168.5|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 90.9% White, 0.1% African American, 0.1% Native American, 1.3% Asian, 6.5% from other races, and 1.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.1%.<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-12-18}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=June 2024|reason=No mention of Ketchum at the given link}}

Of the 1,431 households 15.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.2% were married couples living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 59.3% were non-families. 44.1% of households were one person and 11.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.88 and the average family size was 2.63.

The median age was 44 years. 14.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 31.4% were from 25 to 44; 32.3% were from 45 to 64; and 16.3% were 65 or older. The gender makeup of the city was 52.0% male and 48.0% female.

===2000 census===
At the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] there were 3,003 people, 1,582 households, and 607 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|991.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 2,920 housing units at an average density of {{convert|964.0|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 94.74% White, 0.27% Native American, 0.57% Asian, 0.17% Pacific Islander, 2.33% from other races, and 1.93% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.90%.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=June 2024|reason=No mention of Ketchum at the given link}}

Of the 1,582 households 14.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.1% were married couples living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 61.6% were non-families. 42.2% of households were one person and 6.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.90 and the average family size was 2.60.

The age distribution was 12.5% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 37.6% from 25 to 44, 31.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 116.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 117.1 males.

The median household income was $45,457 and the median family income was $73,750. Males had a median income of $31,712 versus $27,857 for females. The per capita income for the city was $41,798. About 3.5% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.9% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.

== Education ==
[[Blaine County School District]] is the school district for the entire county.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st16_id/schooldistrict_maps/c16013_blaine/DC20SD_C16013.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Blaine County, ID|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-03-12}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st16_id/schooldistrict_maps/c16013_blaine/DC20SD_C16013_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> The zoned schools are [[Ernest Hemingway]] [[STEAM fields|STEAM]] School (for K-5),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blaineschools.org/Page/4069|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929225014/https://www.blaineschools.org/Page/4069|title=BCSD #61 School Transportation Zones|publisher=[[Blaine County School District]]|archive-date=2020-09-29|access-date=2024-03-12|quote=K-5: Including Ohio Gulch Rd. and North to county line.[...]6-8: Students accepted based on space available.[...]}}</ref><ref name=Schoolzones2011>{{cite web|url=http://www.blaineschools.org/District/Neighborhood_School_Boundaries.aspx|title=Blaine County School District : Neighborhood School Boundaries|publisher=Blaineschools.org|access-date=November 13, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929021025/http://www.blaineschools.org/District/Neighborhood_School_Boundaries.aspx|archive-date=September 29, 2011|quote=All areas North of Ohio Gulch Road}} - This area is north of Ohio Gulch Road, and in Blaine County.</ref> Wood River Middle School, and [[Wood River High School]].<ref name=Schoolzones2011/>

The county is in the catchment area{{clarify|date=April 2024}}, but not the taxation zone, for [[College of Southern Idaho]].<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/budget/publications/Legislative-Budget-Book/2016/1.Education/1-079.Community%20Colleges.pdf|chapter=Community Colleges|title=Legislative Budget Book|publisher=[[Idaho Legislature]]|year=2016|pages=1–81 (PDF p. 3/9)}} - See area 1 in: {{cite web|url=https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title33/T33CH21/SECT33-2101/|title=TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 21 JUNIOR COLLEGES|publisher=[[Idaho Legislature]]|access-date=2024-03-12}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
* [[Melissa Arnot]] - mountain guide
* [[Bowe Bergdahl]], United States Army soldier captured by the Taliban
* [[Alan Blinken]], businessman, political candidate, and former [[United States Ambassador to Belgium]]
* [[Peter Cetera]], musician and original member of [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
* [[Christin Cooper]] - alpine ski racer
* [[Dick Dorworth]], ski racer and coach
* [[Carl B. Feldbaum]], author, businessman, and lawyer
* [[Richard Feldman (cyclist)|Richard Feldman]], cyclist
* [[Dick Fosbury]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=18973340 |url=https://viaf.org/viaf/18973340/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=viaf.org}}</ref> Olympic Gold Medalist, [[high jump]]er
* [[Karl Fostvedt]], [[freeskier]]
* [[Gretchen Fraser]] - alpine ski racer, first US winter Olympic Gold medalist
* [[Eb Gaines]], businessman and diplomat
* [[Scott Glenn]], actor
* [[Frank R. Gooding]], politician; 7th governor of Idaho
* [[Tom Hanks]], Oscar winning actor
* [[Ernest Hemingway]] - Nobel Prize-winning author and outdoorsman
* [[Mariel Hemingway]] - Academy Award-nominated actress, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway
* [[Wendy Jaquet]], former member of the [[Idaho House of Representatives]]
* [[Rod Kagan]], artist
* [[Cody Lampl]], professional hockey player
* [[Maia Makhateli]], ballet dancer
* [[Steve Miller (musician)|Steve Miller]] - rock musician ("Steve Miller Band")
* [[Carson Palmer]] - Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL football player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2019-12-31/former-nfl-and-usc-star-carson-palmer-savors-new-demanding-role-being-dad|title = Former NFL and USC star Carson Palmer savors a new, demanding role: Being a dad| website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date = 31 December 2019}}</ref>
* [[William N. Panzer]], television and film producer
* [[Denne Bart Petitclerc]], journalist and television producer
* [[Tim Ryan (sportscaster)|Tim Ryan]] - sportscaster
* [[Melvin Schwartz]], [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]]-winning physicist
* [[Jim Sinegal]] - partial year; founder and former CEO of [[Costco Wholesale]]
* [[Ann Sothern]], actress <ref>{{Cite web |title=112818618 |url=https://viaf.org/viaf/112818618/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=viaf.org}}</ref>
* [[Clint Stennett]], former member of the [[Idaho Legislature]]
* [[Michelle Stennett]], member and Minority Leader of the [[Idaho Senate]]
* [[Picabo Street]] - Olympic and world champion ski racer
* [[Ed Viesturs]] - only American to climb all 14 eight thousand meter peaks 
* [[Adam West]] - actor, TV's ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''
* [[Van Williams]] – actor, TV's ''[[The Green Hornet (TV series)|Green Hornet]]''
* [[Steve Wynn]] - partial year; founder and former CEO of [[Wynn Resorts]]

== Points of interest ==
* [[Sawtooth Botanical Garden]]
* Wood River Museum of History and Culture<ref name="wikidata.org">{{Cite web |title=Wood River Museum of History and Culture |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6395352 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=www.wikidata.org |language=en}}</ref>
* The Community Library<ref name="The Community Library">{{Cite web |title=The Community Library |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126014683 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=www.wikidata.org |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Sawtooth National Recreation Area]]
* Sun Valley's [[Bald Mountain (Idaho)|Bald Mountain]] or "Baldy" has 13 [[chairlift]]s and 65 runs. It covers {{convert|2054|acre|km2}} and has {{convert|3400|ft|m}} of vertical from top to bottom.

== Special events ==
[[File:Trailing of the Sheep Parade 2018.jpg|thumb|Trailing of the Sheep Parade 2018]]
* [[Trailing of the Sheep]]
* Ride Sun Valley Bike Festival
* Sun Valley Jazz Festival
* Sun Valley Summer Symphony
* Wagon Days
* Sun Valley Film Festival
* TEDxSunValley

== Sister cities ==
{{SisterCities|Ketchum|two}}
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Lignano Sabbiadoro]], [[Italy]]
* {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Tegernsee]], [[Germany]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Ketchum, Idaho}}
* [https://ketchumidaho.org/ City website]
* [https://www.visitsunvalley.com/ Sun Valley/Ketchum Chamber & Visitors Bureau]
* [https://comlib.org/museum/ Wood River Museum of History and Culture]

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