Lemhi is an
unincorporated place in
Lemhi 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. Lemhi is located along
Idaho State Highway 28 and the
Lemhi River, south of
Tendoy and northwest of
Leadore. Lemhi consists of a combined
general store
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and
post office
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and a house. The post office services
ZIP code 83465. As with the county, the name "Lemhi" is a variant spelling of
Limhi, a personage of the
Book of Mormon
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The book is one of ...
.
History
Lemhi's population was just 5 in 1960.
See also
*
Fort Lemhi
*
Lemhi Pass
References
Unincorporated communities in Lemhi County, Idaho
Unincorporated communities in Idaho
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