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Welcome to Masonia ...

So far, we found very little information about Masonia. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Masonia to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Masonia, please Contact Us.

Masonia was located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Masonia would have been located within present day Shoshone County<2>.


The location of Masonia has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Masonia, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1916.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Masonia is 2,940 feet [896 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Masonia is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Masonia was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Masonia (for example, toward Thompson Falls (MT)), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Masonia would have been located in the (208) and (986)<5> area codes.

Communities near Masonia ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Masonia.

  • Kellogg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kellogg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
    • Kellogg is located in Shoshone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,130 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kellogg <6>
  • Pinehurst
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinehurst have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehurst
    • Pinehurst is located in Shoshone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,620 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinehurst <6>
  • Osburn
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Wallace
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Mullan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mullan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullan
    • Mullan is located in Shoshone County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 691 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullan <6>
  • Smelterville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Wardner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sweeney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeney
    • Sweeney is located in Shoshone County
  • Kingston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cataldo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Masonia. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Masonia.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Masonia. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Masonia.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Masonia. See our Newspapers Page for Masonia.

Adding Masonia to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Masonia in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Masonia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Masonia post office opened in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Masonia.

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Masonia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Shoshone, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Masonia - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (986) is an overlay for area code (208).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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