Minidoka County Virtual Travel

600 West Road

Rupert Oneida Street

Downtown Paul

Begin your virtual tour of Minidoka County by clicking on any of the above entry points, and follow roads or trails through a network of linked images.

Minidoka County covers 1,976 acres of farmland and desert in the Snake River Basin. It is part of an area called Magic Valley, because of its conversion from desert to farmland with irrigation water from the Snake River. The river forms the county's southern boundar, and to the north, it extends far into the lava beds near Craters of the Moon National Monument.

The county was created on January 28, 1913, being split off of Lincoln County, to the west. Its county seat is at Rupert. The population is 20,174, as of the 2000 census. Idaho Highway 25 crosses the county east to west and Idaho Hghway 24 enters the southern boundary heading northeast, then takes a sudden turn to the northwest. Interstate 84 passes along the southern edge of the county.