Smelterville, Idaho | |
|---|---|
 Location of Smelterville in Shoshone County, Idaho. | |
| Coordinates: 47°32′34″N 116°10′45″W / 47.54278°N 116.17917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho |
| County | Shoshone |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.31 sq mi (0.79 km2) |
| • Land | 0.31 sq mi (0.79 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,234 ft (681 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 627 |
| • Estimate (2019)[3] | 621 |
| • Density | 2,029.41/sq mi (784.66/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 83868 |
| Area code(s) | 208, 986 |
| FIPS code | 16-75070 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0398144 |
Smelterville is a city in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States. The population was 627 at the 2010 census.
The town was named in 1929 by a voice vote of its residents; the other choices were Van Rena and Silver City (already used in southwestern Idaho).[4] The presence of the Bunker Hill smelter, which started operating in 1917, caused the name to be selected.[5][6]
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
wwwcensusgovwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUsewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Spokesman-Review - How about Swellterville? Some say town’s name conjures up a bad image - 1996-04-12
- ^ "Shrinking towns". The Spokesman-Review. February 3, 1991. pp. A10. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ^ Aiken, Katherine. Idaho's Bunker Hill: the rise and fall of a great mining company, 1885-1981. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 70. ISBN 9780806138985.