Lincoln County County


Established March 18, 1895 with its county seat at Shoshone. Lincoln was much larger originally, in 1913 Gooding and Minidoka took about half the original Lincoln County, after the creation of Jerome in 1919, Lincoln was left with only 1,206 square miles. Named for President Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, under whose administration the Idaho Territory was established.

Mapped Location

Lincoln County: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Lincoln County

  • Feature Type: County
  • County Seat: City of Shoshone
  • Established: Monday, March 18, 1895

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Lincoln County

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Lincoln County Official

 

Last updated: 2013-01-08