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Welcome to Wardner ...

The city of Wardner is located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Wardner is located in Shoshone County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wardner, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Wardner has a population of 182 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of Wardner is 3,160 feet [963 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Wardner is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

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

Area Codes for Wardner: 208 & 986<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Wardner had an population of 182 people. This is a decrease of 3.19% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 15.35% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Wardner had a population of 188 people. This makes Wardner the county's 7th most populous community.

The population of Wardner represents 0.01% of the total population of Idaho (which has 1,567,582 people), making it the state's 171st most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 188 people, the population of Wardner decreased 12.56% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 215 people).

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

Communities Also Named Wardner ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wardner - it's located in British Columbia.

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

Communities near Wardner ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wardner ...

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

Adding Wardner to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Wardner 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 Wardner was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Wardner post office opened in 1887.

We also found Wardner in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wardner.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wardner. 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 Wardner.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wardner - 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 Wardner area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Wardner area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>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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