Elmira is an unincorporated community in Bonner County, in the U.S. state of Idaho.[1]

History

A post office called Elmira was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1954.[2] The community served miners on a pack-horse route.[3]

Elmira's population was 50 in 1909,[4] and was estimated at 20 in 1960.[5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elmira, Idaho
  2. ↑ "Bonner County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ "With Idaho housing prices rising, growth shifts north". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. October 6, 2006. pp. 7A. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ Davis, Ellis A. (1909). Davis' New Commercial Encyclopedia: Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, the Pacific Northwest. Ellis A. Davis. p. 189.
  5. ↑ World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Field Enterprises Corporation. 1960. p. 27.

48°28′47″N 116°27′45″W / 48.47972°N 116.46250°W / 48.47972; -116.46250


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