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Lincoln County
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county in Idaho, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Idaho
- Founded
- March 18, 1895
- Named after
- Abraham Lincoln
- Seat
- Shoshone
- Largest city
- Shoshone
- Total
- 1,206 sq mi (3,120 km )
- Land
- 1,201 sq mi (3,110 km )
- Water
- 4.5 sq mi (12 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,603
- Density
- 4.269/sq mi (1.648/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .lincolncountyid .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Abraham Lincoln
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Idaho
- Contains
- Shoshone
- Capital
- Shoshone
- Population
- 5127
- Area
- 3123
- Shares border with
- Gooding County
- Official website
- www.lincolncountyid.us
- Image
- American Legion Hall in Shoshone Idaho.jpg
- Households
- 1804
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- Digital Atlas of Idaho URL
- digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/counties/lincoln/lincoln.htm
- Commons category
- Lincoln County, Idaho
- topic's main category
- Category:Lincoln County, Idaho
- different from
- Lincoln
- inception
- 1895-03-18
- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Lincoln County
- per capita income
- 22250
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Encyclopedic overview
Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,127. The county seat and largest city is Shoshone. The county is named after President Abraham Lincoln. The Idaho Territory was created in 1863, during the Lincoln Administration of 1861–65. Lincoln County is included in the Hailey, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lincoln County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.