Minidoka is a name of Dakota Sioux origin meaning "a fountain or spring of water". It is a name shared by several geographic locations in the

Magic Valley The Magic Valley is a region in south-central Idaho constituting Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka, and Twin Falls counties. It is particularly associated with the agricultural region in the Snake River Plain located ...

region of southern Idaho in the United States: *

Minidoka, Idaho Minidoka is a city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States. The population was 112 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Burley, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area. Today Minidoka is one of Idaho's most strongly Hispanic communities, with o ...

, a town in Minidoka County *

Minidoka County, Idaho Minidoka County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,613. The county seat and largest city is Rupert. Minidoka County is part of the Burley, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area. The name ...

Minidoka Dam The Minidoka Dam is an earthfill dam in the western United States, on the Snake River in south central Idaho. Completed in 1906, the dam is east of Rupert on county highway 400; it is high and nearly a mile (1.6 km) in length, with a wide o ...

, located north of Acequia, Idaho *

Minico High School Minico High School, also known as Minidoka County High School, is a four-year public secondary school in Minidoka County, Idaho, operated by the Minidoka County Joint School District #331. The school colors are red and gold and the mascot is a ...

(also known as Minidoka County High School), near Rupert, Idaho *

Minidoka National Forest Minidoka National Forest was established in Idaho and Utah on July 1, 1908 with from consolidation of Cassia National Forest and Raft River National Forest, primarily in Idaho. On July 1, 1953 Minidoka was absorbed by Sawtooth National Forest and i ...

, a former U.S. national forest *

Minidoka National Historic Site Minidoka National Historic Site is a National Historic Site (United States), National Historic Site in the western United States. It commemorates the more than 13,000 Japanese Americans who were imprisoned at the Minidoka War Relocation Cent ...

, an American concentration camp where Japanese Americans were imprisoned during World War II *

Minidoka Project The Minidoka Project is a series of public works by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to control the flow of the Snake River in Wyoming and Idaho, supplying irrigation water to farmlands in Idaho. One of the oldest Bureau of Reclamation projects in th ...

, an irrigation project * Minidoka Ranger District, a district of

Sawtooth National Forest Sawtooth National Forest is a United States National Forest, National Forest that covers 2,110,408 acres (854,052 ha) in the U.S. states of Idaho (~96 percent) and Utah (~4 percent). Managed by the U.S. Forest Service in the United States Depart ...

* '' Minidoka: 937th Earl of One Mile Series M'', an

Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best-known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he ...

novella first published in 1998

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