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Also known as Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, Horseshoe Bend, ID

city in Boise County, Idaho, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Idaho
County
Boise
Total
1.10 sq mi (2.85 km )
Land
1.08 sq mi (2.81 km )
Water
0.015 sq mi (0.04 km )
Elevation
2,674 ft (815 m)
Density
659/sq mi (254/km )
Time zone
UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
Summer dst
UTC-6 ( MDT )
Area codes
208, 986
Fips code
16-38620

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Horseshoe Bend
Located in
Boise County
Population
715
Area
2.812397
Elevation
802
Body of water
Payette River
Households
369
Dialing code
208
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postal code
83629
Commons category
Horseshoe Bend, Idaho
water as percent of area
0.6851
per capita income
26603
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Encyclopedic overview

Horseshoe Bend is the largest city in rural Boise County, in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. Its population of 715 at the 2020 census was the largest in the county.

It is part of the Boise City–Nampa, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is named for its location at the horseshoe-shaped U-turn of the Payette River, whose flow direction changes from south to north before heading west to the Black Canyon Reservoir.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Horseshoe Bend” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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