Twin Falls, Idaho

Twin Falls, Idaho
City
Downtown Twin Falls
Seal
Motto: People Serving People
Twin Falls, Idaho Location in the United States
Coordinates: 42°33′20″N 114°28′15″W / 42.55556°N 114.47083°W / 42.55556; -114.47083Coordinates: 42°33′20″N 114°28′15″W / 42.55556°N 114.47083°W / 42.55556; -114.47083
Country	United States
State	Idaho
County	Twin Falls
Incorporated	April 12, 1905
Government
• Type	council-manager
• Mayor	Shawn Barigar
• City Manager	Travis Rothweiler
Area
• City	18.16 sq mi (47.03 km2)
• Land	18.10 sq mi (46.88 km2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.16 km2)
Elevation	3,745 ft (1,141 m)
Population (2014)
• City	47,468
• Estimate (2014)	49,674
• Density	2,437.8/sq mi (941.2/km2)
• Urban	105,189 (micropolitan area estimate US Census )
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP Code	83301 (street addresses) 83303 (PO Boxes)
Area code(s)	+1 208
FIPS code	16-82810
GNIS feature ID	0398273
Website	http://www.tfid.org

Twin Falls is the county seat and largest city of Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. The city had a population of 44,125 as of the 2010 census.

Twin Falls is the largest city of Idaho's Magic Valley region. As the largest city in a 100-mile (160-kilometer) radius, Twin Falls serves as a regional commercial center for both south-central Idaho and northeastern Nevada.

Twin Falls is the principal city of the Twin Falls, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area, which officially includes Jerome and Twin Falls Counties. The resort community of Jackpot, Nevada, in Elko County is unofficially considered part of the greater Twin Falls area.

Located on a broad plain, Twin Falls is near the site where Evel Knievel attempted to jump across the Snake River Canyon in 1974 with a rocket-powered motorcycle.

Excavations at Wilson Butte Cave near Twin Falls in 1959 revealed evidence of human activity, including arrowheads, that rank among the oldest dated artifacts in North America. Later Native American tribes predominant in the area included the Northern Shoshone and Bannock.

The first people of European ancestry to visit the Twin Falls area are believed to be members of a group led by American Wilson Price Hunt, which attempted to blaze an all-water trail westward from St. Louis, Missouri, to Astoria, Oregon, in 1811 and 1812. Hunt's expedition met with disaster: much of his expedition was destroyed and one man was killed in rapids on the Snake River known as Caldron Linn near present-day Murtaugh. Hunt and the surviving members of his expedition completed the journey to Astoria by land.