Hailey, Idaho | |
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Soccer fields in Hailey (2009) | |
![]() Location of Hailey in Blaine County, Idaho. | |
Coordinates: 43°30′18″N 114°17′12″W / 43.50500°N 114.28667°W | |
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County | Blaine |
Area | |
• Total | 3.94 sq mi (10.19 km2) |
• Land | 3.93 sq mi (10.18 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
Elevation | 5,322 ft (1,622 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 7,960 |
• Density | 2,209.82/sq mi (853.29/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
ZIP code | 83333 |
Area code(s) | 208, 986 |
FIPS code | 16-34390 |
GNIS feature ID | 2410681[2] |
Website | www |
Hailey is a city in and the county seat of Blaine County,[3] in the Wood River Valley of the central part of the U.S. state of Idaho. The population was 7,960 at the 2010 census, up from 6,200 in 2000.[4] Hailey is the site of Friedman Memorial Airport (SUN), the airport for the resort area of Sun Valley/Ketchum, 12 miles (19 km) north. The town of Bellevue is a few miles south. From 1882 to 1895, Hailey was the county seat of now-defunct Alturas County.
The city is named after John Hailey,[5] a two-time Congressional delegate from the Idaho Territory.