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Dubois (, du-BOISS) is a city in Clark County, Idaho, United States. The population was 511 at the 2020 census. The city is the county seat of Clark County. The city was named in 1892 for Fred Dubois (1851−1930), a prominent politician in Idaho's early years. He came to Idaho in 1880, later becoming the state's first U.S. Senator, serving two non-consecutive terms (1891−97, 1901−07). Six miles (10 km) north of town is the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station, the county's second largest employer. The station studies sheep breeds to support U.S. farmers. Dubois is near the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, which calls one of its administrative units the Dubois ranger district.
Its first post office opened in 1892. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 677 to 511 (-25%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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What they wrote about Dubois in 1885
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History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana1885 · page 638Read the page →
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, mercantile business and working as a clerk in the stores of Germany until 1877, when he came to the United States, locating first in Pike County, Ind., where he worked in a saw-mill two years, and then came to Dubois County and farmed two years, and later worked as section hand and foreman on the railroad until the latter part of 1884. In March, 1885, he bought a onesixth interest in his present business, and is meeting with good success, , that firm doing the leading business in their county,
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History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana1885 · page 274Read the page →
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that time included all of its present territory except a part of Clay Township, and in addition took in all of what is now Columbia Township and a large part of Barton Township, Gibson County, a small part of Warrick and Perry Counties, all of Dubois County and that part of Martin County south of Lick Creek. By acts of the legislature in regard to the formation of Dubois County passed during the session of 1817-18, the present eastern boundary of Pike County was established, and the General Assembly of
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Timeline
Dubois, 1892 to 1964
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Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
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