Santa 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
Benewah 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. Santa is located on
Idaho State Highway 3
State Highway 3 (SH-3) is a state highway in northern Idaho, connecting U.S. Route 12 near Spalding, east of Lewiston, with Interstate 90 near Rose Lake, east of Coeur d'Alene. It is in length and runs east of and generally parallel to I ...
south-southeast of
St. Maries. Santa 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 83866. The town changed its name to SecretSanta.com for a year, in 2005 to promote the website and to get at least $20,000.
History
A post office called Santa has been in operation since 1887. The community took its name from nearby
Santa Anna Creek.
References
Unincorporated communities in Benewah County, Idaho
Unincorporated communities in Idaho
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