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Welcome to Coeur d'Alene Junction ...

Coeur d'Alene Junction is located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Coeur d'Alene Junction is located in Kootenai County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Coeur d'Alene Junction: Coeur D'Alene Jct. (or less commonly used: Coeur D'Alene Jctn.)

Coeur d'Alene Junction is 2,220 feet [677 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Coeur d'Alene Junction is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Coeur d'Alene Junction lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Coeur d'Alene Junction and travel east, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Coeur d'Alene Junction: 208 & 986<3>

The Pronunciation of Coeur d'Alene Junction ..

We have heard more than one pronunciation for Coeur d'Alene Junction:<4>

kor-duh-LANE

Core-Duhlane

Communities near Coeur d'Alene Junction ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Coeur d'Alene Junction.

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 Coeur d'Alene Junction. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Coeur d'Alene Junction.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Coeur d'Alene Junction. 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 Coeur d'Alene Junction.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Coeur d'Alene Junction. See our Newspapers Page for Coeur d'Alene Junction.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Coeur d'Alene Junction ...

Looking for more information about Coeur d'Alene Junction? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Coeur d'Alene Junction, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Coeur d'Alene Junction.

Adding Coeur d'Alene Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Coeur d'Alene Junction 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 (so far) for Coeur d'Alene Junction was in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Coeur d'Alene Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Kootenai, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Coeur d'Alene Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Coeur d'Alene Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Coeur d'Alene Junction area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Coeur d'Alene Junction. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.