Southwestern Idaho is a geographical term for the area along the U.S. state of Idaho's borders with Oregon and Nevada. It includes the populous areas of the Boise metropolitan area and the Treasure Valley.
A historic building in Silver City, a ghost town located in Southwestern Idaho.
Women riding in a rig in Boise, Idaho, 1910.
Cherry orchards, farm land, and irrigation located in Emmett, Idaho. This photo was taken in July 1941.
The Boise, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is an area that encompasses Ada, Boise, Canyon, Gem, and Owyhee counties in southwestern Idaho, anchored by the cities of Boise and Nampa. It is the main component of the wider Boise–Mountain Home–Ontario, ID–OR Combined Statistical Area, which adds Elmore and Payette counties in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon. It is the state's largest officially designated metropolitan area and includes Idaho's three largest cities: Boise, Nampa, and Meridian. Nearly 40 percent of Idaho's total population lives in the area.
Idaho State Capitol
Boise, from its foothills
Downtown Boise in 2013
Boise's Capitol Boulevard