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Idaho Places: Bingham County

  • Aberdeen
  • Atomic City
  • Basalt
  • Blackfoot
  • Finn 0
  • Firth
  • Fort Hall (part) 1
  • Groveland 1
  • Moreland 1
  • Pingree 0
  • Riverside 1
  • Rockford 1
  • Shelley
  • Springfield 0
  • Sterling 0
  • Woodville 0
BACKGROUND:

Established January 13, 1885, with its county seat at Blackfoot, from the east and north parts of Oneida County. Named by Territorial Governor William M. Bunn for his friend Henry Harrison Bingham, Pennsylvania Congressman. Fremont County was carved out of Bingham in 1893, Bonneville in 1911, Power in 1913, and Butte in 1917.



Background & Photos provided by Digital Atlas of Idaho, Idaho's Natural History Online, Idaho State University at http://imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/ (accessed: October 8, 2017).

BINGHAM COUNTY MAP


ISU: Bonner County Map