Twin Falls, Idaho

**Twin Falls** is a city in Idaho in the United States. It is the county seat of Twin Falls County, Idaho. The 2020 population was 51,807.

## History

In 1900, I. B. Perrine founded the Twin Falls Land and Water Company to build an irrigation canal in the area now known as Twin Falls.  One of the investors was named Stanley Milner. By 1903, Perrine and his investors had government approval to build a dam on the Snake River. The dam was finished in 1905. It is now called Milner Dam. It allows farmers in the area to irrigate their crops.

In 1904, some property in the area was sold off to start a few towns. One of those towns was Twin Falls.  The others include Buhl, Filer, Hansen, Kimberly, and Murtaugh. Many of those towns were named for the original investors in the Twin Falls land and Water Company.

Twin Falls was incorporated on April 12, 1905  as a village.

On February 21, 1907, Twin Falls became the county seat of the new Twin Falls County. Prior to that, the city was part of Cassia County.

On September 8, 1974, Evel Knievel attempted to jump the Snake River Canyon on a rocket cycle at a site close to Twin Falls.  The attempt failed. Located on private property at , the ramp's base remains in place as of January, 2016. Evel Knievel was paid six million dollars (US) for trying to jump the canyon. The payment was promised no matter the outcome of the attempt.

## Government

Twin Falls has a council-manager form of government. The city council hires a manager to supervise city employees on a day-to-day basis, and the position of "mayor" is appointed by the city council from among their own members.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Twin Falls, Idaho
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Downtown Twin Falls, ID.jpg
- **imagesize**: 240
- **image caption**: Downtown Twin Falls in 2016
- **motto**: People Serving People
- **image map**: File:Twin Falls County Idaho Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Twin Falls Highlighted 1682810.svg
- **mapsize**: 250x200px
- **map caption**: Location of Twin Falls in Twin Falls County, Idaho.
- **pushpin map**: USA
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in the United States
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Idaho, County
- **subdivision name1**: Idaho
- **subdivision name2**: Twin Falls County, Idaho, Twin Falls
- **established date**: 1904
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: April 12, 1905
- **government type**: Council–manager government, Council-manager
- **area total km2**: 50.43
- **area total sq mi**: 19.47
- **area land km2**: 50.13
- **area land sq mi**: 19.36
- **area water km2**: 0.30
- **area water sq mi**: 0.11
- **elevation ft**: 3734
- **population total**: 51807
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population density sq mi**: 2676.7
- **population metro**: 114,283
- **postal code type**: ZIP Code
- **postal code**: 83301 (street addresses)
83303 (Post office box, PO Boxes)
- **area code**: 208, 986
- **website**: http://www.tfid.org
- **timezone**: Mountain Standard Time, MST
- **utc offset**: -7
- **timezone dst**: Mountain Daylight Time, MDT
- **utc offset dst**: -6
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 16-82810
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0398273
- **blank2 name**: Interstate Highway System, Interstate
- **blank2 info**:
- **blank3 name**: U.S. Route, U.S. Route(s)
- **blank3 info**:
- **unit pref**: Imperial