Blackfoot, Idaho
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| State : | United States |
| State : | Idaho |
| County : | Bingham County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 11 ′ N , 112 ° 21 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) |
| Residents : | 11,899 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 740 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 16.08 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 1371 m |
| Postal code : | 83221 |
| Area code : | +1 208 |
| FIPS : | 16-07840 |
| GNIS ID : | 0396141 |
| Website : | www.cityofblackfoot.org |
Blackfoot is a city and the county seat of Bingham County in the US state of Idaho .
location
Blackfoot is located on the Snake River about 40 kilometers southwest of the state capital Idaho Falls . Interstate 84 runs west of the city through US Highway 91 . At Blackfoot, US Highway 26 leaves I-84, with which it ran from Idaho Falls, and follows the Goodale cutoff of the historic Oregon Trail to the Craters of the Moon National Monument .
The city has an area of 16.08 km², of which 15.33 km² is land and 0.75 km² is water.
history
First settlers settled in the Blackfoot area in the 1860s. In the 1870s, the city arose around a train station about 1 km from the river, which was built on a railway line laid by the Utah Northern Railroad. When Bingham County was newly formed in 1885 , Blackfoot became its county seat .
Demographics
According to the United States Census 2010 , Blackfoot had 11,899 inhabitants, of which 5,907 men and 5,992 women. 4045 inhabitants were under 20 years old, 1529 were 65 or older.
Web links
- Blackfoot official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Blackfoot. In: Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved January 2, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ 2018 US Gazetteer Files. In: www2.census.gov. US Census Bureau, accessed January 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Bigfoot CDP, Texas. In: American FactFinder. US Census Bureau, accessed June 5, 2019 .