Oneida County, Idaho

 

Founding: 1864
Parent counties: Boise and Owyhee

Namesake: Oneida Lake, New York
Seat: Soda Springs (1864–1866); Malad City (1866–)

Land area: 1,200 square miles

Population (2020): 4,564

Population (historic): 1,922 (1870); 6,819 (1890); 15,170 (1910); 5,870 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1880; 1890–1910; 1970–2020

Subdivisions: One city

National Register listings: Seven

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 569 (28.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 36%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,056
Average outbuilding value (1930): $570
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,041
Average farm size (1920): 169.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Utah and Wales
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Malad City

Namesake: The Malad River

Founding: 1864 (platting); 1865 (post office)

Population (2020): 2,299

Population (historic): 759 (1880); 1,050 (1900); 2,535 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1890–1920; 1930s; 1970–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 393 (39.8%)
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