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Malta is a city in Cassia County, Idaho, United States. The population was 193 at the 2010 census . It is part of the Burley, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area .
Portions of Idaho State Highway 77 and Idaho State Highway 81 also located in the valley. Communities within the valley include the city of Malta; the unincorporated communities of Idahome, Raft River, Standrod, and Sublett; and the ghost town of Strevell, all of which (except Standrod) are located in Idaho.
Idaho is a state located in the Western United States. According to the 2020 United States Census, Idaho is the 13th least populous state with 1,839,106 inhabitants but the 11th largest by land area spanning 82,643.12 square miles (214,044.7 km 2) of land. [1] Idaho is divided into 44 counties and contains 199 municipalities legally described ...
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Settlement at Malta occurred prior to 1890, as the Malta precinct had 172 residents at the 1890 census. Albion State Normal School was established at Albion in 1893. The school was focused on training Idaho teachers until 1951 when its programs were transferred to Idaho State College (now Idaho State University) in Pocatello. [3] [4] [5] [6]
SH-81 was established by the Idaho State Board of Highway Directors on September 12, 1972, to preserve state maintenance of the highway between Burley and the Utah state line. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] In 1983, the Idaho Transportation Board studied an extension of SH-81 from Burley to Twin Falls to replace an existing section of US 30. [ 8 ]
State Highway 77 (SH-77) is a 30.676-mile (49.368 km) state highway in Cassia County, Idaho, United States, that connects Idaho State Highway 81 (SH-81) in Malta with Interstate 84/U.S. Route 30 (I-84/US 30) north of Declo, via Albion. The highway also has a spur that runs from City of Rocks Road (south of Almo) to SH-77 in Connor. [2] [1]
Strevell is a ghost town in Cassia County, Idaho, United States, [1] [2] [3] approximately one mile (1.6 km) north of the Utah state line and roughly 23 miles (37 km) south–southeast of Malta. [4] It is located in the Raft River Valley along the former routing of U.S. Route 30S, [5] and later the former routing of Idaho State Highway 81. [6]