Owyhee County, Idaho
Owyhee County | |
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Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed in the Owyhee Mountains about 50 miles southwest of Boise. | |
Location within the U.S. state of Idaho | |
Idaho's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 42°34′N 116°10′W / 42.56°N 116.17°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho |
| Founded | December 31, 1863 |
| Named after | lost Hawaiian trappers |
| Seat | Murphy |
| Largest city | Homedale |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,697 sq mi (19,940 km2) |
| • Land | 7,666 sq mi (19,850 km2) |
| • Water | 31 sq mi (80 km2) 0.4% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 11,913 |
• Estimate (2024) | 12,748 |
| • Density | 1.5/sq mi (0.60/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Congressional district | 1st |
| Website | owyheecounty |
Owyhee County (/oʊˈwaɪ.hiː/ oh-WYE-hee) is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,913. The county seat is Murphy, and its largest city is Homedale. In area it is the second-largest county in Idaho, behind Idaho County. Owyhee County is part of the Boise metropolitan area and contains slightly more than half of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, which extends over the Nevada border, into Elko County. The majority of the federally recognized Shoshone-Paiute Tribe that is associated with this reservation lives on the Nevada side; its tribal center is in Owyhee, Nevada.