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Boundary County, Idaho

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  Founding:  1915 Parent county:  Bonner Namesake:  The county's location along the Canada–United States border Seat:  Bonner's Ferry (1915–) Land area:  1,269 square miles Population (2020):  12,056 Population (historic):  4,474 (1920); 4,555 (1930); 5,987 (1940) Periods of population growth:  pre-1920–1940; 1960–2020 Subdivisions:  Two cities Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  618 (11.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  29.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.5% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $765 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $688 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  373 Average farm size (1920):  54.5 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Bonner's Ferry Namesake:  Edwin Bonner, operator of a ferry crossing the Kootenay River Founding:  1892 (post office); 1...