{"id":2494,"date":"2023-04-04T09:51:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T09:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=2494"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:20:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:20:39","slug":"adams-county-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/adams-county-idaho\/","title":{"rendered":"Adams County, Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adams County is a county in Idaho, United States, bordering Oregon along the Snake River, in the west-central part of the state. It had a population of 4,379 at the 2020 census and covers 1,370 square miles (3,548 km2) centred near 44°54′N 116°27′W.<\/p>\n

Council is the county seat; its postal code is 83612. The county has two incorporated cities (Council and New Meadows), roughly two dozen unincorporated communities, and no civil townships. It sits in the Mountain Time zone.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Adams County<\/h2>\n

Adams County has two incorporated cities and about two dozen unincorporated places, several of them former mining camps in the Seven Devils district that never grew past a store and a post office. CDP = census-designated place; Unincorp. = unincorporated community with no separate population count.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Council<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n867<\/td>\n83612<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
New Meadows<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n517<\/td>\n83654<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indian Valley<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n83632<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mesa<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n83643<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alpine<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bacon<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bear<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beer Bottle Crossing<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cuprum<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evergreen<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fruitvale<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glendale<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goodrich<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Helena<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hoover<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Landore<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meadows<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pine Ridge<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pinehurst<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rankin Mill<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rubicon<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Starkey<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stevens<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tamarack<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wildhorse<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Woodland<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Meadows and New Meadows are two different places: Meadows was the older settlement on the valley floor, and New Meadows grew up about two miles away in 1911 around the Pacific and Idaho Northern Railroad depot, eventually eclipsing it.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n