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Minidoka, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
Population (2000): 129
Housing Units (2000): 43
Land area (2000): 0.086440 sq. miles (0.223879 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.086440 sq. miles (0.223879 sq. km)
FIPS code: 53110
Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
Location: 42.753861 N, 113.489882 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 83343
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Minidoka, ID
Minidoka
Minidoka -- U.S. County in Idaho
Population (2000): 20174
Housing Units (2000): 7498
Land area (2000): 759.623159 sq. miles (1967.414867 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.358529 sq. miles (8.698549 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 762.981688 sq. miles (1976.113416 sq. km)
Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
Location: 42.670666 N, 113.696748 W
Headwords:
Minidoka
Minidoka, ID
Minidoka County
Minidoka County, ID
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Minidoka

Minidoka is a name of Dakota Sioux origin meaning "a fountain or spring of water". It is a name shared by several geographic locations in the Magic Valley region of southern Idaho in the United States:

  • Minidoka County, Idaho
  • Minidoka, Idaho, a town in Minidoka County
  • Minidoka Dam, located north of Acequia, Idaho
  • Minico High School (also known as Minidoka County High School), near Rupert, Idaho
  • Minidoka National Historic Site, an American concentration camp in Jerome County, Idaho, where Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War II
  • Minidoka National Forest, a former U.S. national forest
  • Minidoka Ranger District, a district of Sawtooth National Forest
  • Minidoka Project, an irrigation project
  • Minidoka: 937th Earl of One Mile Series M, an Edgar Rice Burroughs novella first published in 1998.