History · Hagerman

Hagerman’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Hagerman. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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CCC Camp DG 60 near, 1936 · Wikimedia Commons

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Hagerman is a city in Gooding County, Idaho, United States. The population was 968 at the 2020 census, up from 872 in 2010. The area is noted for its fossil beds and the Thousand Springs of the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer. Hagerman is home to a national fish hatchery, a university research station, and extensive aquaculture, assisted by an abundance of geothermal water for temperature regulation.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 872 to 968 (+11%). Half of its homes were built before 1988.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hagerman 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.

Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
1936CCC Camp DG 60 nearCommons
1940–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hagerman’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCCC Camp DG 60 near, 1936: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
By decade

Hagerman, decade by decade

1940s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as CCC Camp DG 60 near (1936) and it appears here side by side.

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Historic places

National Register · via Wikidata

From Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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