The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusCrouch is a city in Boise County, Idaho, United States. The population was 154 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Boise City–Nampa, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2018, it had multiple commercial businesses for tourists and residents: a small grocery mart, a hardware store, three restaurants, a bar, an outdoor theater, and a community thrift store. At that time, the construction of the Banks/Lowman road 2512A, the "Wildlife Canyon Scenic Byway", transformed a small unpaved road into a paved modern road between Crouch and Lowman. Now it is a fully modern paved roadway with informational and white water rafting pull-outs, which serves to transport tourists, rafters, commuters, and…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 162 to 154 (-5%). Half of its homes were built before 1993.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Crouch yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Crouch’s history is told.
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Crouch, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Crouch is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Crouch has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Placerville Historic District in Placerville, 12 miles away.
Crouch and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.