Camas County, Idaho

 

Founding: 1917
Parent county: Blaine

Namesake: Camas Prairie
Seat: Fairfield (1917–)

Land area: 1,074 square miles

Population (2020): 1,117

Population (historic): 1,730 (1920); 1,411 (1930); 1,360 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city

National Register listings: One

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 88 (11.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $723
Average outbuilding value (1930): $724
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 354
Average farm size (1920): 204.3 acres
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Fairfield

Namesake: A traditional name

Founding: 1912 (platting); 1912 (post office)

Population (2020): 441

Population (historic): 280 (1920); 306 (1930); 511 (1940)

Periods of population growth: 1920–1940; 1970s; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 33 (15.1%)
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