| Bovill, Idaho | |
|---|---|
| — City — | |
| Location in Latah County and the state of Idaho | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho |
| County | Latah |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) |
| • Land | 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,874 ft (876 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 260 |
| • Density | 1,264/sq mi (488/km2) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 83806 |
| Area code(s) | 208 |
| FIPS code | 16-09730 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0399805 |
| Website | bovill-id.com |
Bovill is a city in Latah County, Idaho, United States. The population was 260 at the 2010 census, down from 305 in 2000.[1]
Contents |
Bovill was named for a settler.[2] Hugh Bovill was an Englishman who bought the Warren Meadows homestead in 1901 to ranch. With the rapid infusion of loggers, homesteaders, and sportsmen, Bovill and his wife Charlotte opened a hotel in 1907, which included a store and post office. The railroad arrived that same year and as logging activity increased nearby, the town became too wild for the couple and their two daughters, and they left in 1911 (Hugh died in 1935 in Oregon, Charlotte in 1947 in California).[3]
The Bovill Opera House, at 2nd and Pine, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
Bovill is located at (46.859187, -116.394491),[4] at an elevation of 2,874 feet (876 m) above sea level on the east bank of the Potlatch River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2), all of it land.
| Historical populations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1910 | 400 |
|
|
| 1920 | 589 | 47.3% | |
| 1930 | 572 | −2.9% | |
| 1940 | 447 | −21.9% | |
| 1950 | 437 | −2.2% | |
| 1960 | 357 | −18.3% | |
| 1970 | 343 | −3.9% | |
| 1980 | 289 | −15.7% | |
| 1990 | 256 | −11.4% | |
| 2000 | 305 | 19.1% | |
| 2010 | 260 | −14.8% | |
| source:[1][5] | |||
As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 305 people, 116 households, and 82 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,701.6 people per square mile (654.2/km²). There were 128 housing units at an average density of 714.1 per square mile (274.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.07% White, 0.33% Native American, 0.98% Asian, 0.33% from other races, and 2.30% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.95% of the population.
There were 116 households out of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.9% were married couples living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.3% were non-families. 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.13.
In the city the population was spread out with 28.2% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 7.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 106.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $36,875, and the median income for a family was $41,827. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $21,875 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,471. About 14.1% of families and 18.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.0% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those sixty five or over.
In the 2009 novel Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse,[7] a handful of Midwestern people relocate from Chicago to a retreat near Bovill due to hyperinflation and subsequent economic collapse of the United States.[8]
|
|||||||||||||||||