Princeton is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
in
Latah County,
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...
, United States.
Description
Princeton is located on
Idaho State Highway 6
State Highway 6 (SH-6) is a state highway in northern Idaho running from the Washington state line near Potlatch to Santa. in length and generally runs southwest
Route description
SH-6 begins at the Washington state line in Latah County as ...
east-southeast of
Potlatch
A potlatch is a gift-giving feast practiced by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada and the United States,Harkin, Michael E., 2001, Potlatch in Anthropology, International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Science ...
. Princeton has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...
with
ZIP code 83857. As of the
2010 census, its population was 148.
History
A post office called Princeton has been in operation since 1894. The community was named after
Princeton, Minnesota
Princeton is a city in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Mille Lacs and Sherburne County, Minnesota, Sherburne counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota, at the junction of the Rum River and its West branch. It is 50 miles north of Minneapolis and 30 m ...
, the native home of an early settler.
Demographics
See also
*
List of census-designated places in Idaho
This article lists census-designated places (CDPs) in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of 2017, there were a total of 26 census-designated places in Idaho.
Census-Designated Places
References
See also
*List of cities in Idaho
* List of places ...
References
External links
Census-designated places in Latah County, Idaho
Census-designated places in Idaho
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