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Also known as Owyhee County, Idaho, Owyhee County, ID

county in Idaho, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Idaho
Founded
December 31, 1863
Named after
lost Hawaiian trappers
Seat
Murphy
Largest city
Homedale
Total
7,697 sq mi (19,940 km )
Land
7,666 sq mi (19,850 km )
Water
31 sq mi (80 km ) 0.4%
Estimate 2025
12,661
Density
1.554/sq mi (0.6000/km )
Time zone
UTC−7 ( Mountain )
Summer dst
UTC−6 ( MDT )
Congressional district
1st
Website
owyheecounty .net

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Official website

Home - Owyhee County Idaho

Official website of Owyhee County, Idaho. Find government services, department contacts, public records, elections, permits, and county news.

owyheecounty.net

The city of Bruneau is home to the mouth of the Bruneau River and Bruneau Sand Dunes State Park. Grand View is only 60 minutes from Boise or Nampa, and serves as a main Gateway to the Owyhee County Outback. Fish, boat, picnic, hunt, camp…come recreate! Grasmere is a ghost town that still hosts a remote US Air Force station manned by active duty airmen from the nearby Mountain Home Air Force Base. The City of Homedale rests peacefully on the banks of the majestic Snake River. Located in Southwestern Idaho, Homedale provides a variety of recreational and cultural activities and a welcoming small town community. The City of Marsing, Idaho, is situated in the scenic Snake River Valley; surrounded by beautiful views, lush wine country, and expansive outdoor recreation areas. The county seat of Owyhee County, it is among the smallest county seats nationwide. Murphy is the home of the Owyhee County Historical Museum and Library. Visit the general store and gas station, run by the Riddle Ranch. Riddle was the fictional location for the beginning and end of the film “Vanishing Point” (1997 remake). Silver City, Idaho is one of the few old mining towns that did not burn down or become commercialized into a modern city. Visiting Silver City is like going back into history.

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Encyclopedic overview

Owyhee County (/oʊˈwaɪ.hiː/ oh-WYE-hee) is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,913. The county seat is Murphy, and its largest city is Homedale. In area it is the second-largest county in Idaho, behind Idaho County. Owyhee County is part of the Boise metropolitan area and contains slightly more than half of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, which extends over the Nevada border, into Elko County. The majority of the federally recognized Shoshone-Paiute Tribe that is associated with this reservation lives on the Nevada side; its tribal center is in Owyhee, Nevada.

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

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