- Established: The Minidoka War Relocation Center operated from 1942 to 1945 as one of ten camps at which Japanese Americans, both citizens and resident “aliens”, were interned during World War II.
- Origin of Name: Named after Minidoka County, it is believed to be named Camp Minidoka (even though it is located in Jerome County) to differentiate it from Camp Jerome Relocation Center in Jerome, Arkansas
- as an internment camp for American citizens of Japanese descent during World War II; families were forced to leave their homes in the western U.S. and live in this enclosure.
- Location: Located in the Hunt area of Jerome County, it is 20,3 miles (31 minutes) northeast of Twin Falls on Hwy 93 N
- Known for: Now a National Historic Site, commemorating the more than 13,000 Japanese Americans who were imprisoned at the Minidoka War Relocation Center during the Second World War; administered by the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior, it was originally established as the Minidoka Internment National Monument in 2001.
- History: Under provisions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt‘s Executive Order 9066, all persons of Japanese ancestry were excluded from the West Coast of the United States; at its peak, Minidoka housed 9,397 Japanese Americans, predominantly from Oregon, Washington, and Alaska; after the camp was abandoned the government made the barracks and other buildings available for local settlers; only segments of the camp remains; including guard towers and machine gun nests, which have been recreated
