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Place Name
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Idaho City
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Place Status (Type)
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village
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Capital Of
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Boise County
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Population
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322 (1990)
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Location
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Boise County, Idaho (ID), United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°51'N
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Longitude
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115°51'W
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Idaho City
, village (1990 pop. 322),  Boise co., SW
Idaho, on Morse Creek, and 24 mi/39 km NE of
Boise; 43°51'N 115°51'W. Elev.
3,906 ft/1,191 m. In mt. area. Lumber milling,
placer mining for gold; tourism. Important gold-mining center in 1860s
(est. pop. 30,000); classic gold-mining town with saloon and Boot Hill
cemetery (of 200 people buried here, only 28 are said to have died of
natural causes). Boise Basin Mus. In Boise Natl. Forest.
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