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Caldwell (locally CALL-dwel) is a city in and the county seat of Canyon County, Idaho, United States. [4] The population was 59,996 at the time of the 2020 United States census, making it the 5th most populous city in Idaho. [5] Caldwell is considered part of the Boise metropolitan area. Caldwell is the location of the College of Idaho.
The Caldwell Historic District in Caldwell, Idaho, is an area of approximately four acres in downtown Caldwell along Main Street, South 7th Avenue, South Kimball Avenue, and Arthur Street. Fires in 1884 and in 1896 destroyed businesses in early Caldwell, and brick had become Caldwell's favored building material for downtown structures.
The historic district is named for Map Rock, [2] a massive basalt rock covered in petroglyphs, named by Robert Limbert in the early 1920s. Limbert believed that the rock depicts a map of the Snake River valley, and some authors have suggested that if it is a map then it may be the oldest map in the world.
Canyon County is located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 231,105, [1] which by 2022 was estimated to have risen to 251,065. [2] making it the second-most populous county in Idaho. The county seat is Caldwell, [3] and its largest city is Nampa. Canyon County is part of the Boise metropolitan area.
The Treasure Valley is a valley in the western United States, primarily in southwestern Idaho, where the Payette, Boise, Weiser, Malheur, and Owyhee rivers drain into the Snake River. It includes all the lowland areas from Vale in rural eastern Oregon to Boise, and is the most populated area in Idaho.
The Thousand Springs Scenic Byway is a picturesque section of US 30 in southern Idaho between the towns of Bliss and Buhl, dipping down into the Hagerman Valley and a canyon of the Snake River. The highway has four extensive concurrencies with Interstate Highways: Interstate 84 (I-84) twice, I-86 , and I-15 .
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State Highway 19 (SH-19) is a state highway in Idaho from the Oregon state line to Interstate 84 (I-84) and U.S. Route 30 (US 30) in Caldwell. SH-19 is signed as an east–west highway. SH-19 is signed as an east–west highway.