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Welcome to Enaville ...

Enaville is located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Enaville is located in Shoshone County<1>.

The pronunciation of Enaville: EE-nuh-vill<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Enaville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Enaville is 2,180 feet [664 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Enaville is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Enaville lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Area Codes for Enaville: 208 & 986<4>

Communities near Enaville ...

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

  • Kellogg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Osburn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Wallace
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Smelterville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Wardner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sweeney
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Sweeney is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeney
  • Canyon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Canyon is located in Kootenai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon
  • Rose Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Rose Lake is located in Kootenai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Lake
  • Lane
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Lane is located in Kootenai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lane
  • Delta
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Delta is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delta

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 Enaville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Enaville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Enaville ...

Looking for more information about Enaville? 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 Enaville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Enaville.

Adding Enaville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Enaville 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 Enaville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Enaville post office opened in 1891. The Enaville post office closed in 1976.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Enaville.

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Enaville. 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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Enaville - 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 Enaville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Enaville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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