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'''Shoshone County''' {{Respellrespell|shuh-SHONEshə|SHOHN}} is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Idaho]]. As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], the population was 13,169.<ref name="2020 Census" /> The county seat is [[Wallace, Idaho|Wallace]] and the largest city is [[Kellogg, Idaho|Kellogg]]. The county was established in 1864, named for the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[Shoshone]] tribe.
 
Shoshone County is commonly referred to as the [[Silver Valley, Idaho|Silver Valley]], due to its century-old mining history. The Silver Valley is famous nationwide for the vast amounts of [[silver]], [[lead]], and [[zinc]] mined from it.