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Gem County
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county in Idaho, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Idaho
- Founded
- March 15, 1915
- Named after
- the state nickname , "Gem State".
- Seat
- Emmett
- Largest city
- Emmett
- Total
- 566 sq mi (1,470 km )
- Land
- 561 sq mi (1,450 km )
- Water
- 4.8 sq mi (12 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,773
- Density
- 34.1/sq mi (13.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .gemcounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Idaho
- Capital
- Emmett
- Population
- 19123
- Area
- 1465
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00
- Shares border with
- Payette County
- Official website
- www.co.gem.id.us
- Image
- Gem County Courthouse (1).jpg
- Households
- 6822
- Dialing code
- 208
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- Commons category
- Gem County, Idaho
- topic's main category
- Category:Gem County, Idaho
- Digital Atlas of Idaho URL
- digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/counties/gem/geomap.htm
- inception
- 1915-03-19
- water as percent of area
- 0.8
- native label
- Gem County
- postal code
- 83670
- per capita income
- 26671
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Gem County is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,123. The county seat and largest city is Emmett.
Gem County is part of the Boise metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gem County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.