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Gooding County

Background

Established January 28, 1913 with its county seat at Gooding. Named for Frank R. Gooding, pioneer sheep rancher, early mayor of the city of Gooding, later Idaho Governor and U. S. Senator. Mountain men and fur traders trapped the Malad River extensively in the early 1800s. Settlers came to the rich agricultural lands of the Hagerman Valley in the 1860s.

County Seat: Gooding

Land Area: 733 square miles.

County Clerk County Courthouse Gooding, ID 83330-0417 Phone: (208) 934-4221 Fax: (208) 934-4408

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