Copeland 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 Boundary County,

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. Copeland lies on

Idaho State Highway 1 State Highway 1 (SH-1) is a state highway in Boundary County, Idaho, Boundary County, in the U.S. state of Idaho. It extends from U.S. Route 95 (Idaho), U.S. Route 95 (US-95) east of Copeland, Idaho, Copeland, north to British Columbia Highway ...

north of its intersection with

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. Copeland is northwest of

Bonners Ferry Bonners Ferry (Kutenai language: ʔaq̓anqmi) is the largest city in and the county seat of Boundary County, Idaho, Boundary County, Idaho, United States. The population was 2,543 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The Porthill-Ryk ...

and close to the

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border. The

Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail The Pacific Northwest Trail (PNT) is a hiking trail running from the Continental Divide in Montana to the Pacific Ocean on Washington's Olympic Coast. Along the way, the PNT crosses three national parks, seven national forests, and two other nat ...

comes through Copeland on its 1,200 mile journey from the Continental Divide to the Pacific Ocean.

History

Copeland's population was 25 in 1960.

References

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