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Jerome County, Idaho

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
65historic places
—earliest paper
1919formed
24,237pop. 2020
1cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 65 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Jerome, Hazelton, Hunt.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Idaho is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Jerome titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

64 of 65 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

65 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Allton BuildingJeromeBuilding1983
Barnes, Tom, BarnJeromeBuilding1983
Bethune-Ayres HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Blessing, Carl, OutbuildingsJeromeBuilding1983
Bothwell, James, Water Tank HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Bower, Charles, HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Brick, Frank J., HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Caldron LinnMurtaughSite1972
Callen, Dick, HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Canyonside SchoolJeromeBuilding1983
Cook, William H., Water Tank HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Cooke, E. V., HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Daniels, O. J., HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Doughty, George V., House and GarageJeromeBuilding1983
Epperson, George, HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Erdman, G. H., HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Falls City School HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Fry, Merrit, FarmJeromeBuilding1983
Gleason, F. C. HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Goff, Hugh and Susie, HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Graves, Lulu, FarmJeromeBuilding1983
Greenwood SchoolHazeltonBuilding2020
Gregg, Edward M., FarmJeromeBuilding1983
Havens, Bert and Fay, HouseHazeltonBuilding1983
Hazelton Presbyterian ChurchHazeltonBuilding1991
Huer Well House/Water TankJeromeBuilding1983
Jerome City Pump HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Jerome Cooperative CreameryJeromeBuilding1983
Jerome County CourthouseJeromeBuilding1987
Jerome First Baptist ChurchJeromeBuilding1983
Jerome National BankJeromeBuilding1978
Johnson, Edgar, HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Keating, Clarence, HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Kehrer, Thomas J., HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Kelley, Marion and Julia, HouseHazeltonBuilding1983
Laughlin, Ben, Water Tank House-GarageJeromeBuilding1983
Lawshe, George, Well HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Lee, J. O., HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Lee, J.O., Honey HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Mandl, Joseph, HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Minidoka Internment National MonumentHuntSite1979
Newman, J. W. and Rachel, House and BunkhouseJeromeBuilding1983
North Side Canal Company Slaughter HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Osborne, Jessie, HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Quay, Greer and Jennie, HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Ricketts, Julian T., HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Schmerschall, John F., HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Shepard, L. Fay, HouseHazeltonBuilding1983
Shoshone Falls Power Plant Caretaker's HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Silbaugh, W. H., HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Spencer, Edward S., House and Garage and the Fred Nelson BarnJeromeBuilding1983
Stevens, Arnold, HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Stickel, John, HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Sugarloaf SchoolJeromeBuilding1983
Thomason Rice BarnJeromeBuilding1983
Tooley, Don, HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Van Hook, Jay, Potato CellarJeromeBuilding1983
Van Wagener, Jacob B., BarnJeromeBuilding1983
Van Wagener, Jacob B., Caretaker's HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Veazie, William T. and Clara H., HouseJeromeSite1983
Vineyard, Charles C., HouseEdenBuilding1983
Vipham, Thomas, HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Webster, Archie, HouseJeromeBuilding1983
Weigle, William, House and Water TankJeromeBuilding1983
Wilson Butte CaveHuntSite1974

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Jerome was formed in 1919 (1919-02-08) from Gooding, Lincoln, Minidoka.

JEROME created from GOODING, LINCOLN, and MINIDOKA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Jerome County population from 1920 to 2020 (Census historical series).

24k15k5,72919201960197020002020
1920194019501960198020002020
5,7299,90012,08011,71214,84018,34224,237

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Hagerman Fossil Beds National MonumentPark unit56.1 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

1 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 1 of 1 listed
NameLatLon
Jerome Cemetery42.71416-114.52905
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Haytown42.69269-114.50226
Hillsdale42.57575-114.21586

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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