Located in south-central Idaho, the euphemistically named Minidoka Relocation Center held a largely urban population consisting in large part of Japanese Americans from Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, as well as elsewhere in Oregon. Minidoka Internment National Monument was established in 2001 as the 385th unit of the National Park System to commemorate the hardships and sacrifices of Japanese Americans interned there during World War II. Dec 5, 2025 · Although little remains of the barbed-wire fences and tar-papered barracks, the Minidoka concentration camp once held over 13,000 Japanese Americans in the Idaho desert. Minidoka held people from Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. , about 15 miles (25 km) northeast of Twin Falls. In 1943, many of the incarcerees from Bainbridge Island, Washington, were transferred to Minidoka from Manzanar by their own request. Army and, as a result, the highest number of wartime casualties among all War Relocation Authority camps. Current and archived jail rosters for Idaho. Located in the Magic Valley of south-central Idaho, Minidoka is known for having the highest number of volunteers for the U. It commemorates the more than 13,000 Japanese Americans who were imprisoned at the Minidoka War Relocation Center during the Second World War.

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