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Post Falls is a city in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is the gateway city to Northern Idaho off Interstate 90 , just west of Coeur d'Alene , and east of Spokane, Washington . The population was 38,485 at the 2020 census , [ 3 ] making it Idaho's ninth-largest city and the second largest city in North Idaho behind Coeur d’Alene.
The site of the Post Falls Dam was previously home to a 20-foot wooden diversion dam built by pioneer settler and namesake of Post Falls, Frederick Post, who purchased the land from Chief Andrew Seltice of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe for $500 in 1871. [5] Post built his original dam to power a sawmill on the north channel of the river. [2]
IDL operates under the Idaho State Board of Land Commissioners and is the administrative arm of the Idaho Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. [3] The Idaho Department of Lands staffs 16 offices and manages 2.5 million acres under a constitutional mandate on State Trust Lands to maximize long term returns. These returns help fund Idaho public ...
There are at least 115 named mountain ranges in Idaho. Some of these ranges extend into the neighboring states of Montana , Nevada , Oregon , Utah , Washington , and Wyoming . Names, elevations and coordinates from the U.S. Geological Survey , Geographic Names Information System .
Idaho is a Rocky Mountain state with abundant natural resources and scenic areas. The state has snow-capped mountain ranges, rapids, vast lakes and steep canyons. The waters of the Snake River run through Hells Canyon, the deepest gorge in the United States. Shoshone Falls falls down cliffs from a height greater than Niagara Falls.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 4,937 square miles (12,790 km 2), of which 4,721 square miles (12,230 km 2) is land and 16 square miles (41 km 2) (0.3%) is water. [4] It is the third-largest county in Idaho by area. The Lost River Range, the state's highest mountains, are located in eastern Custer County.
Landforms of Twin Falls County, Idaho (1 C, 8 P) V. Landforms of Valley County, Idaho (2 C, 1 P) W. Landforms of Washington County, Idaho (1 C, 2 P)
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