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Bancroft, Idaho
Bancroft is a city in the Gem Valley in Caribou County, Idaho, Caribou County, Idaho, United States. The population was 377 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Description The community was named after William H. Bancroft, a railroad official, and is a railroad town along Old Highway 30 (Bannock and Caribou counties, Idaho), Old Highway 30 (a former routing of U.S. Route 30 in Idaho, U.S. Route 30). Geography Bancroft is located at (42.719440, -111.886194), at an elevation of . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 377 people, 138 households, and 104 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 163 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 96.0% White (U.S. Census), White, 0.3% Native American (U.S. Census), Native American, 0.8% from Race (U.S. Census), other races, and 2.9% from two or mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
