Middleton's place on the Treasure Valley map is drawing folks today just as it did about 135 years ago when a flour mill opened along the Boise River.

Most of the town sits north of the Boise River among gently rolling hills and flat land, within a few minutes' drive of Nampa and Caldwell and midway between Boise and Ontario, OR. The ridge north of the city boasts views of the Boise Foothills and the Owyhee Mountains ? a magnet for high-end subdivisions.

Many Middleton families have one person working in Boise and one who drives to Ontario. Residents have easy access to major arterials such as Idaho 44 and Idaho 20/26. They'll be 15 minutes from Nampa's new Costco, pegged to open this summer, and the adjacent Karcher Interchange will provide new Interstate 84 access by the end of this year.