Welcome to Featherville ...

Featherville is located in Elmore County<1>.

The location of Featherville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Featherville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

Featherville is 4,540 feet [1,384 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Featherville is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Featherville lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Featherville: (208) and (986)<4>

Communities near Featherville ...

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

• Rocky Bar ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Bar
  • Rocky Bar is located in Elmore County
• Spanish Town ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spanish Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Town
  • Spanish Town is located in Elmore County
• Pine
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine
  • Pine is located in Elmore County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pine <5>
• Alturas City ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alturas City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alturas City
  • Alturas City is located in Elmore County
• Atlanta
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
  • Atlanta is located in Elmore County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atlanta <5>
• Dixie
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Dixie is located in Elmore County
• Reclamation Village
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reclamation Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reclamation Village
  • Reclamation Village is located in Elmore County
• Hill City
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hill City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
  • Hill City is located in Camas County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hill City <5>
• Sawtooth City
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawtooth City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawtooth City
  • Sawtooth City is located in Blaine County
• Fairfield
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
  • Fairfield is located in Camas County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfield <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Featherville ...

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

Adding Featherville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Featherville post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Featherville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Featherville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Elmore County: www.elmorecounty.org/

The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/