Jerome County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Idaho
- Founded
- February 8, 1919
- Seat
- Jerome
- Largest city
- Jerome
- Total
- 602 sq mi (1,560 km )
- Land
- 597 sq mi (1,550 km )
- Water
- 5.0 sq mi (13 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 26,362
- Density
- 40.6/sq mi (15.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .jeromecountyid .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Jerome County is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 Census the county had a population of 24,237. The county seat and largest city is Jerome. The county was created by the Idaho Legislature on February 8, 1919, from a partition of Lincoln County. It was named after either Jerome Hill, a developer of the North Side Irrigation Project, his son-in-law Jerome Kuhn, or his grandson Jerome Kuhn Jr. Jerome County is part of the Twin Falls, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area. The Minidoka Relocation Camp, one of ten Japanese American internment camps set up during World War II, was located in Hunt of Jerome County, six miles (9.7 km) north west of Eden.
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