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Valley County, Idaho

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25historic places

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1918formed

11,746pop. 2020

7cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 25 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1980. Most listings are in or near McCall, Lake Fork, Donnelly.

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 Valley titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

20 of 25 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

25 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Big Creek Commissary	Big Creek	Building	2000
Braddock Gold Mining and Milling Company Log Building and Forge Ruins	Thunder City	Building	1985
Cabin Creek Ranch	Black Butte	District	1990
Elo School	McCall	Building	1982
Hill, Matt N., Homestead Barn	McCall	Building	1982
Jarvi, Thomas, Homestead	Lake Fork	Building	1982
Johnson Flying Service Hangar	McCall	Building	2019
Johnson, John G., (Rintakangas) Homestead	Lake Fork	Building	1982
Johnson, John S., (Sampila) Homestead	Lake Fork	Building	1982
Korvola, John, Homestead	Donnelly	Building	1982
Koski, Charles, Homestead	McCall	Building	1982
Krassel Ranger Station	Yellowpine	District	1992
Laituri, Gust, Homestead	Lake Fork	Building	1982
Long Valley Finnish Church	Lake Fork	Building	1980
Mahala, Jacob and Herman, Homestead	Donnelly	Building	1982
Maki, Jacob, Homestead	Donnelly	Building	1982
North Fork Payette River Bridge	Smiths Ferry	Structure	1999
Ojala, Herman, Homestead	Lake Fork	Building	1982
Payette Lakes Club	McCall	Building	2017
Rice Meetinghouse	McCall	Building	1980
Ruatsale, Matt, Homestead	Lake Fork	Building	1982
Southern Idaho Timber Protective Association (SITPA) Buildings	McCall	Building	1990
Southern Idaho Timber Protective Association (SITPA) Buildings	Smiths Ferry	District	1990
Stibnite Historic District	Yellow Pine	District	1987
Wargelin, Nickolai, Homestead	McCall	Building	1982

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Valley was formed in 1918 (1918-11-06) from Boise, Idaho.

VALLEY created from BOISE and IDAHO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,524	4,035	4,270	3,663	5,604	7,651	11,746

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

7 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 7 of 7 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Alpha Cemetery	44.42628	-115.9765
Finn Cemetery	44.81857	-116.04652
Homes Cemetery	44.6991	-116.01203
Klines Grave	44.66434	-115.68704
McCall Cemetery	44.90119	-116.10559
Spink Cemetery	44.79624	-116.04474
Yellow Pine Pioneer Cemetery	44.95601	-115.49899

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Clover	45.1338	-114.99566
Dale	44.83822	-116.48431
Elo	44.88323	-116.0604
MacGregor	44.69184	-116.07985

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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