Butte County, Idaho

 

Founding: 1917
Parent counties: Bingham, Blaine, and Jefferson

Namesake: Buttes within the county
Seat: Arco (1917–)

Land area: 2,232 square miles

Population (2020): 2,574

Population (historic): 2,940 (1920); 1,934 (1930); 1,877 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920; 1940–1960; 1970s

Subdivisions: Three cities

National Register listings: Four

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 156 (11.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $934
Average outbuilding value (1930): $765
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 432
Average farm size (1920): 117.8 acres
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Arco

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1880 (post office); 1901 (platting)

Population (2020): 879

Population (historic): 322 (1910); 737 (1920); 572 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1901–1920; 1940–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 49 (11.2%)
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