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Welcome to Wright ...

So far, we found very little information about Wright. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Wright to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Wright, please Contact Us.

Wright was located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Wright would have been located within present day Kootenai County<2>.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Wright is 2,330 feet [710 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Wright is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Wright was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

The Area Codes where Wright was located: 208 & 986<4>

Communities Also Named Wright ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 34 communities that are also named Wright - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), British Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas (3), Utah, Virginia (2), West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Wright ...

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

  • Coeur d'Alene
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Hayden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Hayden is located in Kootenai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,713 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayden <5>
  • Rathdrum
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Spirit Lake
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Dalton Gardens
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Newport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Newport is located in Pend Oreille County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,266 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <5>
  • Priest River
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hauser
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Hayden Lake
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Oldtown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Wright, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Kootenai, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wright - 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 Wright area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Wright 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.