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Power County
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county in Idaho, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Idaho
- Founded
- January 30, 1913
- Named after
- power plant at the American Falls Dam
- Seat
- American Falls
- Largest city
- American Falls
- Total
- 1,443 sq mi (3,740 km )
- Land
- 1,404 sq mi (3,640 km )
- Water
- 38 sq mi (98 km ) 2.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 8,246
- Density
- 5.611/sq mi (2.166/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .co .power .id .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- American Falls Dam
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Idaho
- Contains
- American Falls
- Capital
- American Falls
- Population
- 7878
- Area
- 3736
- Shares border with
- Cassia County
- Official website
- www.co.power.id.us
- Image
- Power County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 2693
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- topic has template
- Template:Power County, Idaho
- Commons category
- Power County, Idaho
- topic's main category
- Category:Power County, Idaho
- inception
- 1913-01-30
- water as percent of area
- 2.7
- native label
- Power County
- Digital Atlas of Idaho URL
- digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/counties/power/power.htm
- per capita income
- 24775
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Power County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 7,878. The county seat and largest city is American Falls. The county was created by the Idaho Legislature on January 30, 1913, by a partition of Cassia County. It is named for an early hydroelectric power plant (1902) at the American Falls.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Power County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.