Gooding County
Also known as Gooding County, Idaho, Gooding County, ID
county in Idaho, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Idaho
- Founded
- January 28, 1913
- Named after
- Frank R. Gooding
- Seat
- Gooding
- Largest city
- Gooding
- Total
- 734 sq mi (1,900 km )
- Land
- 729 sq mi (1,890 km )
- Water
- 4.7 sq mi (12 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,446
- Density
- 21.4/sq mi (8.26/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
Article
Gooding County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,598. Its county seat is Gooding. The county was created by the Idaho Legislature on January 28, 1913, by a partition of Lincoln County. It is named for Frank R. Gooding, the 7th governor and a United States Senator from Idaho.
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