Official Name: | Holbrook, Idaho |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Idaho#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Idaho |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Oneida |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 4780 |
Coordinates: | 42.1619°N -112.6539°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 83243[1] |
Area Code: | 208, 986 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 383244 |
Holbrook is an unincorporated community along the Rock and Deep creeks in west central Oneida County, Idaho, United States.
Holbrook lies in the Curlew Valley at the west end of Idaho State Highway 38 (at a junction with the former southern end of Idaho State Highway 37, approximately 25miles west of Malad City (the county seat of Oneida County).
Holbrook was settled in the late 1890s by residents of Mendon, Utah and surrounding areas who were drawn to the area due to the availability of land to homestead. The town is named after Heber Angell Holbrook, an early Mormon Bishop in the town.
Holbrook's population was estimated at 100 in 1909,[2] and was just 10 in 1960.[3]
In 2013, a triple murder occurred in Holbrook.[4]