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Welcome to Smelterville ...

The city of Smelterville is located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Smelterville is located in Shoshone County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Smelterville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1929.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Smelterville has a population of 620 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of Smelterville is 2,230 feet [680 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Smelterville is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

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

Area Codes for Smelterville: 208 & 986<4>

The ZIP code for Smelterville: 83868<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Smelterville had an population of 620 people. This is a decrease of 1.12% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 4.76% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Smelterville had a population of 627 people. This makes Smelterville the county's 6th most populous community.

The population of Smelterville represents 0.04% of the population of Idaho (which has 1,567,582 people), making it the state's 109th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 627 people, the population of Smelterville decreased 3.69% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 651 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Smelterville.

Communities Also Named Smelterville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Smelterville - it's located in Nevada.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Smelterville.

Communities near Smelterville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Smelterville ...

Looking for more information about Smelterville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Smelterville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Smelterville.

Adding Smelterville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Smelterville 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 Smelterville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9>

X2X - From that list, the Smelterville post office opened in 1929.

We also found Smelterville on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Idaho (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Smelterville.

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

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

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>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Smelterville.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Smelterville - 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 Smelterville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Smelterville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Smelterville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Smelterville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>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.
<9>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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