Elk River, Idaho

Elk River, Idaho
Elk River, Idaho
City
	South First Street in 2011
	Location of Elk River in Clearwater County, Idaho.
	Coordinates: 46°46′58″N 116°10′48″W / 46.78278°N 116.18000°W
Country	United States
State	Idaho
County	Clearwater
Area
• Total	0.14 sq mi (0.38 km2)
• Land	0.14 sq mi (0.38 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	2,854 ft (870 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	125
• Estimate (2019)	122
• Density	841.38/sq mi (324.81/km2)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	83827
Area code	208
FIPS code	16-25120
GNIS feature ID	0396456

Elk River is a city in the northwestern United States in Clearwater County, Idaho. The population was 125 at the 2010 census, down from 156 in 2000.^[4] It is accessed from State Highway 8 from Bovill, to the west in adjacent Latah County.^[5] Formerly the site of a Potlatch sawmill,^[6] it was phased out after several decades during the 1930s.^[7]

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^ "Idaho for the Curious", by Cort Conley, ©1982, ISBN 0-9603566-3-0, p.58-59