Cocolalla is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Bonner County,

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...

, United States. Cocolalla is located on the south shore of Cocolalla Lake south-southwest of

Sandpoint Sandpoint is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Bonner County, Idaho, United States. Its population was 9,777 as of the 2022 census. Sandpoint's major economic contributors include forest products, light manufacturing, tourism, recre ...

. The community is served by

U.S. Route 95 U.S. Route 95 (US 95) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway System, United States Highway in the western United States. It travels through the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho, staying inland ...

. Cocolalla has a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...

with ZIP code 83813. The meaning of is not clear: one source states it is from a Coeur d'Alene

Salish Salish () may refer to: * Salish peoples, a group of First Nations/Native Americans ** Coast Salish peoples, several First Nations/Native American groups in the coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest ** Interior Salish peoples, several First Na ...

word meaning "very cold"; another source states it is an English derivation of a Coeur d'Alene Salish word meaning “deep water.” Article originally in Inland Northwest Land Trust Quarterly Newsletter, Fall 2008, Volume 17, Number 3, pg 8
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, Founder and CEO of Melaleuca.

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Unincorporated communities in Bonner County, Idaho Unincorporated communities in Idaho {{BonnerCountyID-geo-stub