Fenn, Idaho

Fenn, Idaho
Unincorporated community
Fenn is located in Idaho
Fenn
Fenn
Fenn is located in the United States
Fenn
Fenn
Coordinates: 45°57′54″N 116°15′36″W / 45.965°N 116.260°W / 45.965; -116.260
CountryUnited States
StateIdaho
CountyIdaho
Elevation
3,274 ft (998 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
83531
Area code(s)208, 986
GNIS feature ID396482[1]

Fenn is an unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 95 on the Camas Prairie, seven miles (11 km) northwest of Grangeville and eight miles (13 km) south of Cottonwood. Fenn had a post office with ZIP code 83531.[2]

Originally Tharp, it was named in 1915 (or earlier)[3] after the Fenn family.[4] Stephen S. Fenn (1820–92)[5] arrived in Florence from California in 1862 with his wife and four children.[6] He was an early settler, attorney, administrator, speaker of territorial legislature, and a territorial delegate to Congress. His son, Major Frank A. Fenn (1853–1927),[7] also of many professions, was the speaker of the first state legislature. Frank's son Lloyd (1884–1953) also served in the legislature.[4][8][9]

An earlier settlement a few miles north, Denver, was mostly abandoned after the Camas Prairie Railroad bypassed it. A grain elevator was constructed in Fenn in 1918,[10] and an upgrade was added in 1946,[11] served by the railroad until the abandonment of its Second Subdivision line to Grangeville in late 2000.[12][13]

Fenn's population was 25 in 1960.[14]

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ ZIP Code Lookup
  3. ^ "Neighborhood news:Idaho". Spokesman-Review. January 8, 1910. p. 8.
  4. ^ a b "Fenn put name on Idaho's map". Lewiston Morning Tribune. May 1990. p. 18-Centennial.
  5. ^ "FENN, Stephen Southmyd, (1820-1892)". Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  6. ^ Fenn, Frank A. (November 24, 1920). "Idaho early history: an emigrant's experience". Kooskia Mountaineer.
  7. ^ "Major F.A. Fenn dead". Lewiston Morning Tribune. June 21, 1927. p. 8.
  8. ^ "Hankers to be just like dad". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 15, 1928. p. 3.
  9. ^ "Lloyd A. Fenn, Kooskia civic leader, dead". Lewiston Morning Tribune. November 7, 1953. p. 12.
  10. ^ "Build elevators for their wheat". Spokane Daily Chronicle. February 23, 1918. p. 8.
  11. ^ "Rural skyscraper - Fenn's new elevator". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (photo: Idaho County Free Press (Grangeville)). September 20, 1946. p. 14.
  12. ^ "Legal notices: Camas Prairie RailNet". Lewiston Morning Tribune. May 2, 2000. p. 9B.
  13. ^ "Last train to Grangeville". Lewiston Morning Tribune. December 31, 2000. p. 3A.
  14. ^ World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Field Enterprises Corporation. 1960. p. 27.