Welcome to Cabinet ...
So far, we found very little information about Cabinet. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Cabinet to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cabinet, please Contact Us.
Cabinet was located in the Idaho Panhandle.
Cabinet would have been located within present day Bonner County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Cabinet, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Cabinet is 2,190 feet [668 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Cabinet is about ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Cabinet was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: While Cabinet is in the Pacific Time Zone, the area just to the east is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).
The Area Codes where Cabinet was located: 208 & 986<4>
Communities Also Named Cabinet ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Idaho communities named Cabinet: This one is located in Bonner County and the other is located in Kootenai County.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cabinet.
Communities near Cabinet ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cabinet.
- Clark Fork
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clark Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark Fork
- Clark Fork is located in Bonner County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 589 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clark Fork <6>
- East Hope
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest) - Hope
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hope have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Hope is located in Bonner County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <6>
- Heron
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heron
- Heron is located in Sanders County (MT)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heron <6>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Heron
- From Cabinet to Heron
- Smead ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Smead. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smead
- Smead is located in Sanders County (MT)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Smead
- From Cabinet to Smead
- Noxon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noxon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noxon
- Noxon is located in Sanders County (MT)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noxon <6>
- Cedar Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
- Cedar Creek is located in Bonner County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Cedar Creek
- From Cabinet to Cedar Creek
- Lakeview
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
- Lakeview is located in Bonner County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lakeview
- From Cabinet to Lakeview
- Tuscor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tuscor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuscor
- Tuscor is located in Sanders County (MT)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Tuscor
- From Cabinet to Tuscor
- Bayview
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayview have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
- Bayview is located in Kootenai County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayview <6>
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 Cabinet. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cabinet.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cabinet. 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 Cabinet.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cabinet. See our Newspapers Page for Cabinet.
Adding Cabinet to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Cabinet 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 Cabinet was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>
X2X - From that list, the Cabinet post office opened in 1904.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Cabinet.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Bonner County: www.co.bonner.id.us/
The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/
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 Cabinet, 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 Bonner, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cabinet - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Cabinet area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Cabinet area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <8> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |