Greer is an

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, on the

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. Greer is located along the Clearwater River and Idaho State Highway 11, near the junction with

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(also known as the Northwest Passage Scenic Byway), southeast of Orofino. The serpentine Highway 11 gains over in elevation up the canyon grade to the Weippe Prairie, where the starving

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first met the

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in September 1805, south of present-day Weippe.

History

The former unincorporated community of Fraser was located about west of Greer. Greer's population was 70 in 1960.

References

Unincorporated communities in Clearwater County, Idaho Unincorporated communities in Idaho {{ClearwaterCountyID-geo-stub