Formed February 6, 1917 (39th county)
Camas County (1,073), Fairfield (440)
A small tan brick Federalist style courthouse serves Camas County. The building was constructed in 1915 at the intersection of Center Street and Willow Avenue. United States Highway 20 is four blocks south of the site. The building was originally a bank until the county bought the building in 1935. The county later enlarged the facility. Camas County was cut from Blaine County on February 6, 1917 as the 39th county with Fairfield as the only county seat. Camas is the name for local vegetation, Camassia. The county seat is presumably a geographical term.
Camas County government consists of a sheriff, a prosecuter, a coroner, a clerk, a treasurer, and an assessor (executive). It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.) Six Circuit Court Judges and a Magistrate Court Judge serve Camas, Blaine, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, and Twin Falls counties (judicial.) Boise City, Idaho is west and Twin Falls, Idaho is south of the county. The county center is 15.3 miles North of Fairfield. The county is surrounded clockwise by Blaine, Lincoln, Gooding, and Elmore counties.
The area of the county is 1077 square miles. It is 29 out of 44 in the state. It ranks 43 out of 44 in population in the state. It has a density of 1.0 persons per square mile making it 42 out of 44 in the state. Camas County has 41.0% of its population in its incorporated areas. United States Highway 20 crosses east to west through the county from Blaine County to Elmore County. The county is shaped like a pistol pointing north. Fairfield is located in the southern third of the county. Fairfield is the county seat and the largest and only incorporated city. It is 41.0% of the county population. The county is pronounced KAE-MAS.
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