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Montpelier
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city in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Idaho
- County
- Bear Lake
- Named after
- Montpelier, Vermont
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Ted Slivinski
- Total
- 2.32 sq mi (6.00 km )
- Land
- 2.32 sq mi (6.00 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 5,978 ft (1,822 m)
- Density
- 1,095/sq mi (422.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 ( MDT )
- Zip codes
- 83220, 83254
- Area codes
- 208, 986
- Fips code
- 16-53920
- Website
- montpelier .id .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Montpelier is a city in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States. The population was 2,643 at the 2020 census. The city is the largest community in the Bear Lake Valley, a farming region north of Bear Lake in southeastern Idaho along the Utah border. It was settled in 1863 by Mormon pioneers on the route of the Oregon Trail. Nearby to the east is the border with Wyoming.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montpelier” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.