Owyhee County, Idaho

Owyhee County
County
Reynolds Creek Experimental Watershed in the Owyhee Mountains about 50 miles southwest of Boise.
Location within the U.S. state of Idaho
Idaho's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 42°34′N 116°10′W / 42.56°N 116.17°W / 42.56; -116.17
Country	United States
State	Idaho
Founded	December 31, 1863
Named for	lost Hawaiian trappers
Seat	Murphy
Largest city	Homedale
Area
• Total	7,697 sq mi (19,940 km2)
• Land	7,666 sq mi (19,850 km2)
• Water	31 sq mi (80 km2)  0.4%
Population  (2020)
• Total	11,913
• Density	1.6/sq mi (0.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (Mountain)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	owyheecounty.net

Owyhee County is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, 11,913 people lived there.^[1] The county seat is Murphy,^[2] and largest city is Homedale.^[3] In area, it is the second-largest county in Idaho, after Idaho County.

1. ↑ "QuickFacts: Owyhee County, Idaho". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
3. ↑ "Historic Homedale". Archived from the original on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2018-12-20.