Bingham County is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,992. The county seat and largest city is Blackfoot.
Bingham County comprises the Blackfoot, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Idaho Falls-Rexburg-Blackfoot, ID Combined Statistical Area.
History
Bingham County was created January 13, 1885. It was named for Henry H. Bingham, a congressman from Pennsylvania and friend of William Bunn, Idaho's Territorial Governor. The county was formed from Oneida County and was later partitioned itself to form Bannock (1893), Fremont (1893), Bonneville (1911), Power (1913), and Butte (1917) counties.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.2%) is water. The Snake River flows southwest through the middle of Bingham County; at the county's southwest corner the river flows into the American Falls Reservoir. At the SE county corner is the Blackfoot Reservoir and Dam, impounding waters of the Blackfoot River. Outflow from the Blackfoot Dam flows northwesterly through the lower part of Bingham County, discharging into the Snake River.
Smaller buttes called the East Butte and the Middle Butte located in the Snake River Plain are visible south of US Route 20.
Adjacent counties
- Jefferson County - north
- Bonneville County - east
- Caribou County - southeast
- Bannock County - south
- Power County - southwest
- Blaine County - west
- Butte County - northwest
Highways
- 25px - Interstate 15
- 25px - US 20
- 25px - US 26
- 25px - US 91
- 25px - SH-39