Gem County, Idaho Gem County, Idaho Gem County is a county in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2010 census, the population was 16,719. The county seat and largest city is Emmett. Gem County is part of the Boise, ID Metropolitan Statistical Area. Gem County is home to the Idaho ground squirrel. Named for the state nickname, "Gem State," the county was established on March 15, 1915, partitioned from Canyon County and Boise County. Fur trappers were in the area as early as 1818, and Alexander Ross explored Squaw Creek in 1824. Prospectors and miners moved through the county in 1862
Wright State Raiders men's basketball in 2016. Billy Donlon was the head coach from 2010-2016 after Brad Brownell was announced as the new Clemson head coach. Brownell is one of two coaches who have taken Wright State to the NCAA tournament, the other being the winningest coach in team history, Ralph Underhill. Underhill coached from 1978 to 1996 and accumulated 356 wins at Wright State and a NCAA DII national championship in the 1982–83 season. WSU's records season by season since joining Division I in 1987. The Wright State and University of Dayton series is known as the Gem City Jam. The two universities are