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The Caldwell Historic District in Caldwell, Idaho, is an area of approximately four acres in downtown Caldwell along Main Street, South 7th Avenue, South Kimball Avenue, and Arthur Street. Fires in 1884 and in 1896 destroyed businesses in early Caldwell, and brick had become Caldwell's favored building material for downtown structures.
Caldwell (locally CALL-dwel) is a city in and the county seat of Canyon County, Idaho, United States. [4] The population was 59,996 at the time of the 2020 United States census, making it the 5th most populous city in Idaho. [5] Caldwell is considered part of the Boise metropolitan area. Caldwell is the location of the College of Idaho.
The historic district is named for Map Rock, [2] a massive basalt rock covered in petroglyphs, named by Robert Limbert in the early 1920s. Limbert believed that the rock depicts a map of the Snake River valley, and some authors have suggested that if it is a map then it may be the oldest map in the world.
State Highway 19 (SH-19) is a state highway in Idaho from the Oregon state line to Interstate 84 (I-84) and U.S. Route 30 (US 30) in Caldwell. SH-19 is signed as an east–west highway. SH-19 is signed as an east–west highway.
Canyon County is located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 231,105, [1] which by 2022 was estimated to have risen to 251,065. [2] making it the second-most populous county in Idaho. The county seat is Caldwell, [3] and its largest city is Nampa. Canyon County is part of the Boise metropolitan area.
The Thousand Springs Scenic Byway is a picturesque section of US 30 in southern Idaho between the towns of Bliss and Buhl, dipping down into the Hagerman Valley and a canyon of the Snake River. The highway has four extensive concurrencies with Interstate Highways: Interstate 84 (I-84) twice, I-86 , and I-15 .
Prior to the construction of I-84, the corridor was served by Idaho State Highway 2 and Route A of the Sampson Trails system. [2] [16] U.S. Route 30 was created in 1926 under the national numbered highway system, traveling through southern Idaho along the historic Oregon Trail.
Vallivue High School is a four-year public secondary school in Caldwell, Idaho, United States, and one of two traditional high schools in the Vallivue School District. Opened 62 years ago in 1963, the school's campus is between Caldwell and Lake Lowell on the corner of Montana and Homedale roads. The current principal is Kellie Dean.