Dubois, Idaho

Dubois, Idaho
City
Location of Dubois in Clark County, Idaho.
Dubois, Idaho Location in the United States
Coordinates: 44°10′26″N 112°13′54″W / 44.17389°N 112.23167°W / 44.17389; -112.23167
Country	United States
State	Idaho
County	Clark
Area [1]
• Total	2.73 sq mi (7.07 km2)
• Land	2.73 sq mi (7.06 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation	5,148 ft (1,569 m)
Population  (2010)[2]
• Total	677
• Estimate  (2019)[3]	584
• Density	214.08/sq mi (82.66/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes	83423, 83446
Area code	208
FIPS code	16-22960
GNIS feature ID	0372497
Website	www.duboisidaho.com

Dubois (/duːˌbɔɪs/, du-BOISS) is a city in Clark County, Idaho, United States. The population was 511 at the 2020 census. The city is the county seat of Clark County.^[4]

The city was named in 1892 for Fred Dubois (1851−1930), a prominent politician in Idaho's early years.^[5] He came to Idaho in 1880, later becoming the state's first U.S. Senator, serving two non-consecutive terms (1891−97, 1901−07).

Six miles (10 km) north of town is the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station, the county's second largest employer.^[6] The station studies sheep breeds to support U.S. farmers. Dubois is near the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, which calls one of its administrative units the Dubois ranger district.^{[citation needed]}