Official Name: | Connor, Idaho |
Pushpin Map: | Idaho#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Connor |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Idaho##Location in the United States |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Idaho |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cassia |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 4931 |
Coordinates: | 42.2811°N -113.5014°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 83342 |
Area Code: | 208, 986 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 379624 |
Connor is an unincorporated community in Cassia County, Idaho, United States, along Idaho State Highway 77, about 7.5miles west of Malta.
Connor is named after Colonel Patrick Edward Connor, a nineteenth-century military leader known for his campaigns against Indians in the American Old West. Connor, who was stationed at Camp Douglas, Utah, ordered Captain Samuel P. Smith to attack Indians in Idaho. Smith, acting under Connor's order, nearly annihilated a group of Indians in 1864 at the place now called Connor Creek.[1] This massacre was considered retaliation for an alleged battle three years prior in nearby Almo Creek, where Indians killed almost 300 emigrants who were moving through the area.[2] However, James Loewen points out in "Lies Across America" that decades of research has led to no indication that any emigrants were killed in the Almo area.[3]
Connor is a part of the Cassia County School District.
Zoned schools include: