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Welcome to Wallace ...

The city of Wallace is located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Wallace is located in Shoshone County<1> and is the County Seat for Shoshone County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wallace, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Wallace has a population of 781 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of Wallace is 2,850 feet [869 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Wallace is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel east from Wallace, you will soon leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Wallace: 208 & 986<4>

The ZIP code for Wallace: 83873<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Wallace had an population of 781 people. This is a decrease of 0.38% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 18.65% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Wallace had a population of 784 people (or 6.15% of the total population of Shoshone County). This makes Wallace the county's 4th most populous community.

The population of Wallace represents 0.05% of the population of Idaho (which has 1,567,582 people), making it the state's 95th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 784 people, the population of Wallace decreased 18.33% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 960 people).

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

Communities Also Named Wallace ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 48 communities that are also named Wallace - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario (2), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Wallace ...

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

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wallace. Our list includes 20 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Wallace.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wallace ...

Looking for more information about Wallace? 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 Wallace, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Wallace.

Adding Wallace to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wallace 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 Wallace was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Wallace post office opened in 1886.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wallace.

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 Wallace.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wallace - 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 Wallace area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Wallace 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 Wallace). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Wallace 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>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/