- Settled: Planned as a central town on the railroad to be constructed from Declo through Saline, Utah, to Promontory Point on the Great Salt Lake; the railroad was never completed, though trestles are still visible in the area
- Origin of Name: Most probably a portmandeau (combining two words into one) of “Idaho” and “Home”
- Known for: Once had huge grain towers and a post office 1914-65: area newspapers between 1909 and 1913 reported an exciting project to extend the Minidoka Reclamation Project into the Raft River area; a railroad was to be built from Declo through Malta, which would need to be abandoned and relocated to a new town-site to be named Lovett; Strevell was to become the area’s commerce center; the dam that was planned to be built on the Raft River was expected to turn the Raft River Valley into an abundant agricultural area; large grain silos were built at Idahome to store the grain until it could be loaded on the railway; hundreds of families moved to the area with big plans; after US Supreme Court ruled that the railroad did not have to pay water rights from The Minidoka Irrigation Project, the project was suddenly canceled and the railroad pulled out; after losing everything,the settlers had to move out to start over, and the project was permanently abandoned
- Notable Features: The railroad grade was completed past Strevell; empty grain silos that had stood unused for generations near Idahohome were finally torn down
- Location: 27.4 miles (31 minutes) southeast of Burley on Hwy 91 E
- No population estimates for this unicorporated rural community
Idahome, ID
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