Sandpoint (

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: kamanqukuⱡ) is the largest city in, and the

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of, Bonner County,

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. Its population was 8,639 at the 2020 census. Sandpoint's major economic contributors include forest products, light manufacturing, tourism, recreation and government services. As the largest service center in the two northern Idaho counties ( Bonner and

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), as well as northwestern Montana, it has an active retail sector. It is the home of the headquarters of utility aircraft maker

Quest Aircraft The Quest Aircraft Company was an American aircraft manufacturer located in Sandpoint, Idaho. Quest was started in 2001 to design and provide aircraft suitable for humanitarian applications. Its sole product was the Quest Kodiak, Kodiak single ...

and salad dressing manufacturer Litehouse Foods. Sandpoint lies on the shores of Idaho's largest lake, 43-mile-long

Lake Pend Oreille Lake Pend Oreille ( ) in the northern Idaho Panhandle is the largest lake in the U.S. state of Idaho and the 38th-largest lake by area in the United States, with a surface area of . It is long, and deep in some regions, making it the fifth-deep ...

, and is surrounded by three major mountain ranges, the Selkirk, Cabinet and

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ranges. It is home to

Schweitzer Mountain Resort Schweitzer Mountain Resort is a ski resort in the northwest United States in northern Idaho, northwest of Sandpoint. Located in Bonner County in the Selkirk Mountains, it overlooks Lake Pend Oreille to the southeast with views of the Bitter ...

, Idaho's largest ski resort, and is on the

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and two National Scenic Byways (Wild Horse Trail and Pend Oreille Scenic Byway). Among other distinctions awarded by national media in the past decade, in 2011 Sandpoint was named the nation's "Most Beautiful Small Town" by

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History

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Salish Tribes, specifically the

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, and the

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, built encampments on the shore of

every summer, fished, made baskets of cedar, and collected

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before returning to either

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in the fall. The encampments ended before 1930. The region was extensively explored by David Thompson of the North West Company starting in 1807. Disputed joint British/American occupation of the

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led to the

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. This controversy ended in 1846 with the signing of the Oregon Treaty, whereby Britain ceded all rights to land south of the 49th parallel. In the 1880s, the Northern Pacific Railroad brought European and Chinese settlement to the area. In August 1888, 29-year-old author and civil servant

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visited Sandpoint on a caribou-hunting trip in the Selkirk Mountains. Roosevelt documented what a rough-and-tumble environment "Sand Point" was at that time (and for many decades following). Sandpoint was officially incorporated in 1898. Timber harvesting and railroads drove the economy for nearly a century as loggers moved in from the over-harvested

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region. Several lumber companies operated in the region from as early as 1896 to present, the most notable being the Humbird Lumber Company which operated from 1900 to around 1944. The lumber companies bought land from the

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and built a major mill at Sandpoint and adjacent Kootenai. Lumber company-owned railroads extended into many of the local drainages including Grouse Creek, Gold Creek and Rapid Lightning Creek. Although the trees were never exhausted in the area, Humbird Lumber succumbed to the low timber prices of the Great Depression. "Stump ranches" were sold by Humbird to many families who slowly cleared much of the valley land of tree stumps. Farming and ranching became the third largest business in the area, behind lumber and railroads, prior to the "discovery" of Lake Pend Oreille as a sports fishery in the 1950s. The economy was given a boost during World War II from Farragut Naval Station, a training center for the US Navy located at the southwestern end of Lake Pend Oreille. The opening of

Schweitzer Mountain Schweitzer Mountain Resort is a ski resort in the northwest United States in northern Idaho, northwest of Sandpoint. Located in Bonner County in the Selkirk Mountains, it overlooks Lake Pend Oreille to the southeast with views of the Bitter ...

Resort in 1963 turned the area into a year-round tourism destination. The beauty of the surrounding Selkirk and

Cabinet Mountains The Cabinet Mountains are part of the Rocky Mountains, located in northwest Montana and the Idaho panhandle, in the United States. The mountains cover an area of 2,134 square miles (5,527 km2). The Cabinet Mountains lie south of the Purcell M ...

and

has kept Sandpoint a tourist favorite for water sports, hunting, hiking, horseback riding, fishing and skiing. In the 1980s and 1990s, 30 miles south of Sandpoint, the areas of Coeur d'Alene and

Hayden Lake Lake Hayden, also known as Hayden Lake, is a lake located Kootenai County, Idaho Idaho ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–Unit ...

attracted nationwide publicity when

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Neo-Nazi groups (most notably the Aryan Nations) set up headquarters in the area. Many Sandpoint residents reacted negatively to such groups; some formed the Bonner County Human Rights Task Force in opposition. In 2001, the Aryan Nations lost a lawsuit filed against them. The lawsuit bankrupted the organization and forced them to give up their

property and disband. In December 2011, Sandpoint became the first city in Idaho to pass an ordinance prohibiting discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Community organizations stage a number of regionally known annual events, including Sandpoint Winter Carnival in February; including the 50s vintage car show in May; the Festival at Sandpoint summer music festival in August; and Idaho State Draft Horse International show in September. Sandpoint's historic vaudeville-era Panida Theater hosts frequent performing art events and an ongoing independent film series. A robust visual arts community supported by the Pend Oreille Arts Council also contributes to Sandpoint's reputation as a center for arts and culture in northern Idaho and the Inland Northwest.

Geography and climate

Sandpoint and Lake Pend Oreille and Elmo fire plume aerial

According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Sandpoint has a fairly typical inland Northwestern

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(

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''Dsb''), with cold, snowy winters and dry summers with large diurnal temperature swings from hot in the day to very cool at night. The record low was on December 30, 1968, while the record high was recorded on both July 20, 1923 and July 24, 1994. The wettest month was December 1933 with of total precipitation and the most monthly snowfall in January 1969.

Demographics

The median income between 2016 and 2020 for a household in the city was $46,712. The

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for the city was $28,210. The percentage of persons below the poverty line (2016–2020) was 14.7%. The median value of owner-occupied housing in the city was $228,800. The homeownership rate (2006–2010) was 49.6%. Of the population over 25 years of age (2006–2010), 89.9% had graduated high school, 25.6% had achieved a

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or higher.

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 7,365 people, 3,215 households, and 1,811 families residing in the city. The

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was . There were 3,769 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 95.5%

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, 0.1%

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, 0.7% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.5% from

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, and 2.2% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.9% of the population. There were 3,215 households, of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.4% were married couples living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 43.7% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.86. The median age in the city was 38.8 years. 23.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.2% were from 25 to 44; 25.9% were from 45 to 64; and 16.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.2% male and 51.8% female.

Politics

Economy

Since 2002, Sandpoint has been home to aircraft manufacturer

Education

Sandpoint is part of the Lake Pend Oreille School District.

Sandpoint High School Sandpoint High School is a four-year public secondary school in the northwest United States, located in Sandpoint, Idaho. It is the larger of the two high schools in the Lake Pend Oreille School District; the other is Clark Fork in Class 1 ...

and Lake Pend Oreille Alternative High School educate students in grades 9 through 12. Forrest Bird Charter School educates grades 6–12.

Rail transportation

The Sandpoint Amtrak station serves as the only stop in Idaho. The

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route carries passengers daily in both directions between

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, Illinois to the east and

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, Washington and

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, Oregon to the west.

Local media

;Radio * KSPT AM 1400 (

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) * KRFY FM 88.5 (

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) * KPND FM 95.3 ( Adult Hits) * KTAQ-LP FM 97.7 (

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) * KIBR FM 102.5 (

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) * KTPO FM 106.7 ( KPND 95.3 repeater) * FM 105.3 (Sandpoint's Hit Music) ;Television Television stations serving Sandpoint originate from the

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, Washington market: * KREM 2 (

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) *

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4 ( ABC) *

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6 (

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) *

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7 (

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) ;Print * The '' Bonner County Daily Bee'', daily paper since 1965

Notable people

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, comedian, actor and conspiracy theorist * Forrest Bird, aviator, biomedical inventor, recipient of Presidential Citizens Medal *

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, humorist blogger and novelist *

Leon Cadore Leon Joseph "Caddy" Cadore (November 20, 1891 – March 16, 1958) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1924. Early life Born in Chicago, Illinois, Cadore was orphaned at 13 and went to live with his uncle, ...

, baseball pitcher who pitched a 26-inning game in 1920, graduate of Sandpoint High School * John Craigie, folk singer, lived there for a summer and wrote the song " All of July" about Sandpoint *

James C. Fry James Clyde Fry (December 25, 1897 – October 27, 1982) was a Major General in the United States Army who served as an infantry regiment and division commander during World War II and the Korean War. Fry was awarded the Distinguished Service Cr ...

, United States Army major general, recipient of

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Mark Fuhrman Mark Fuhrman (born February 5, 1952) is a former detective of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). He is primarily known for his part in the investigation of the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in the O. J. Simpson murd ...

, former LAPD detective primarily known for his role in the

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* Tinker Hatfield, athletic shoe designer and

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architect * Nate Holland, two-time Olympian, five-time

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gold medalist, US Snowboard team *

Nell Kruegel Irion Nell Cora Kruegel Irion (1877–1964) was an American politician and suffragette who served as superintendent of schools in Bonner County and was the first woman to run for Congress in Idaho. Life Irion was born in 1877 to Robert H. Kruegel and ...

, city councilor and first woman to run for Congress in Idaho * Jerry Kramer,

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, author * Joe Mather,

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* Patrick F. McManus, outdoor writer and humorist *

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, actor and producer * Don Osborn, former minor league baseball pitcher and manager and pitching coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates * Kristy Osmunson, singer and fiddle player of the country music duo ''Bomshel'' * Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska and 2008

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nominee for Vice President * Genevieve Pezet (1913–2009), American artist who lived in France. *

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, former NFL quarterback * Shook Twins, folk music duo who grew up in Sandpoint * Lucy Ann Polk, big-band singer *

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, writer and winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction *

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and former collegiate wrestler at

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Don Samuelson Donald William Samuelson (July 27, 1913 – January 20, 2000) was an American Republican politician who served as the 25th governor of Idaho, from 1967 to 1971. He is the state's most recent incumbent governor to lose a re-election bid (1970). ...

, 25th

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of Idaho (1967−1971) * Edgar Steele, attorney found guilty of a murder-for-hire plot (from the nearby town of Sagle) * Ben Stein , writer, lawyer, actor, comedian, and commentator on political and economic issues * Tim Thomas, retired National Hockey League goaltender

References

External links

City website

Bonner County Profile from the Idaho Department of Labor
{{authority control Cities in Bonner County, Idaho County seats in Idaho Populated places established in 1898 1898 establishments in Idaho Cities in Idaho