Garden Valley, Idaho
Garden Valley is an unincorporated census-designated place in Boise County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 394.[1] The mountain setting and recreation opportunities attract visitors from the Boise area. Life there during the pioneer days was quite harsh and economic opportunity was based on logging, mining, and ranching. In later years[when?] there was work as hunting guides.
History[]
Garden Valley's population was 25 in 1909,[2] and was 10 in 1960.[3]
Geography[]
Garden Valley has an area of 7.632 square miles (19.77 km2); 7.397 square miles (19.16 km2) of this is land, and 0.235 square miles (0.61 km2) is water.
Demographics[]
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Notable people[]
- James Castle, artist, was a native of Garden Valley.
- Paul Revere Dick, known professionally as Paul Revere, founder of rock group Paul Revere & the Raiders.[5]
References[]
- ^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ^ Davis, Ellis A. (1909). Davis' New Commercial Encyclopedia: Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, the Pacific Northwest. Ellis A. Davis. p. 189.
- ^ World Book Encyclopedia. I. Field Enterprises Corporation. 1960. p. 27.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ Paul Revere, Leader of the Raiders Rock Band, Dies at 76; NBC News.
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