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Lincoln County, Idaho

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
42historic places
—earliest paper
1895formed
5,127pop. 2020
1cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 42 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Shoshone, Richfield, Dietrich.

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 Lincoln titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

40 of 42 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

42 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
American Legion HallShoshoneBuilding1983
Anasola, Jose and Gertrude, HouseShoshoneBuilding1983
Arambarri, Galo, Boarding HouseShoshoneBuilding1983
Bate, S. A., Barn and Chicken HouseDietrichBuilding1983
Baugh, W. H., HouseShoshoneBuilding1983
Berriochoa, Ignacio, FarmDietrichBuilding1983
Boussuet, Birdie, FarmRichfieldBuilding1983
Byrne, Tom, HouseShoshoneBuilding1983
Custer Slaughter HouseShoshoneBuilding1983
Darrah House and Water Tank HouseShoshoneBuilding1983
Darrah, Ben, Water Tank and Well HouseShoshoneBuilding1983
Dill, Charles W., HouseShoshoneBuilding1983
Eskelton, Alvin, BarnRichfieldBuilding1983
Gaches, George H., Cellar and Ice HouseShoshoneBuilding1983
Gooding, Thomas, Water Tank HouseShoshoneBuilding1983
Gottfried, Gehrig, CabinShoshoneBuilding1983
Hunt, Daniel A., HouseDietrichBuilding1983
J.C. Penney Company BuildingShoshoneBuilding1983
Johnson, Louis, BarnRichfieldBuilding1983
Johnson, Louis, Water Tank HouseRichfieldBuilding1983
Johnson, Quet, FarmRichfieldBuilding1983
Kohl, W. S., BarnRichfieldBuilding1983
Laine, James H., BarnRichfieldBuilding1983
Lemmon Hardware StoreRichfieldBuilding1983
Murphy, W. H., HouseShoshoneBuilding1983
Myers SchoolShoshoneBuilding1983
Newman, A. G., HouseShoshoneBuilding1983
Olley, Thomas, HouseShoshoneBuilding1983
Oughton, Jack, HouseShoshoneBuilding1983
Paul, Denton J., Water TankDietrichBuilding1983
Phelphs, Kenneth G., BarnRichfieldBuilding1983
Purdum Livery StableShoshoneBuilding1983
Richfield Pump HouseRichfieldBuilding1983
Ritter, William M., HouseShoshoneBuilding1983
Shoshone Historic DistrictShoshoneDistrict1975
Shoshone Historic District (Boundary Increase)ShoshoneBuilding1998
Silva, Arthur D., FlumeShoshoneStructure1983
Silva, Arthur D., RanchShoshoneBuilding1983
Silva, Arthur D., Water TankShoshoneBuilding1983
Silva, Manuel, BarnShoshoneBuilding1983
Turner, John G., HouseRichfieldBuilding1983
Wood River Center Grange No. 87ShoshoneBuilding2003

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lincoln was formed in 1895 (1895-03-18) from Blaine.

LINCOLN created from BLAINE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Lincoln County population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

13k7,2301,78419001920196020002020
19001920194019501960198020002020
1,7843,4464,2304,2563,6863,4364,0445,127

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

1 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 1 of 1 listed
NameLatLon
Richfield Cemetery43.05045-114.14594

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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