What is the population of Elk City, Idaho?

Elk City has a population of approximately 202 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Elk City, Idaho located?

Elk City is located in Idaho, United States, at approximate coordinates 45.8209°, -115.4411°.

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Elk City

Total population

202

Elevation1221 m

Land area6.5 km²

Weather42°F · Mostly Clear

Coordinates45.82°, -115.44°

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City facts

Elevation

1221 m

Area

6.5 km²

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Overview

Elk City is a census-designated place in Idaho County, in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 170.

History & geography

History

Elk City was founded after a placer gold discovery in 1861. Prospectors from Pierce and other nearby camps rushed into the South Fork Clearwater drainage that year; by the fall of 1861 more than 2,000 people had flocked to the diggings in the Elk City/Newsome Creek area. By the early 1870s much of the richest placer ground had been worked out and many European-American miners moved on; Chinese miners then worked many of the remaining claims until discriminatory laws and local pressures curtailed their operations. Hard-rock (quartz-vein) mining increased around 1902, and dredging operations occurred in the 1930s, sustaining local mining activity into the early 20th century. A major fire in 1930 damaged much of the town and, combined with the later decline in mining, shifted the local economy toward timber, ranching, and recreation. Local preservation efforts have celebrated historic routes such as the Elk City Wagon Road; the Wagon Road and related historic resources have been documented by Idaho heritage organizations and were the subject of centennial commemoration and preservation projects in the 1990s.

Geography

Elk City lies at the eastern end of Idaho State Highway 14, in the South Fork Clearwater River drainage of western Idaho County. The community is remote and mountainous; the Elk City area sits at an elevation of approximately 4,003 feet (1,220 m).

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