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Bear Lake County
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county in Idaho, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Idaho
- Founded
- January 5, 1875
- Named after
- Bear Lake
- Seat
- Paris
- Largest city
- Montpelier
- Total
- 1,049 sq mi (2,720 km )
- Land
- 975 sq mi (2,530 km )
- Water
- 75 sq mi (190 km ) 7.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,727
- Density
- 6/sq mi (2.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- bearlakecounty .info
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 6372
- Area
- 2718
- Official website
- www.bearlakecounty.info
- Image
- Bear Lake County Courthouse Paris Idaho.jpeg
- Households
- 2455
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- Commons category
- Bear Lake County, Idaho
- water as percent of area
- 7.1
- native label
- Bear Lake County
- inception
- 1875-01-05
- Digital Atlas of Idaho URL
- digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/counties/bearlake/bearlake.htm
- per capita income
- 27596
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Bear Lake County is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 United States census the county had a population of 6,372. The county seat is Paris, and Montpelier is the largest city.
The county is named after Bear Lake, a large lake at an elevation of 5,924 feet (1,806 m) above sea level. The northern half of the 20-mile-long (32-kilometer) lake is in Idaho, the southern half in Utah. The county was established in 1875 in the Idaho Territory, fifteen years before statehood.
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