Naples is a small

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in Boundary County, in the far north of

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. It lies south of the city of Bonners Ferry and north of Sandpoint, on U.S. Routes 2/ 95 in the

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. It is very close to the US-Canada border. The ZIP Code for Naples is 83847. Naples is near the land features of Caribou Ridge and Ruby Creek. The

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standoff of 1992, between federal agencies and the Randy Weaver family, took place about from the city. It resulted in the deaths of three people, including a deputy US marshal and two of the Weaver family. It was named after the Italian city, from which many immigrant laborers had come who worked on building the first rail line through the region around 1890.

Geography

The city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water.

References

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