Fenn, Idaho

Fenn, Idaho
Unincorporated community
Fenn, Idaho
Coordinates: 45°57′54″N 116°15′36″W / 45.965°N 116.260°WCoordinates: 45°57′54″N 116°15′36″W / 45.965°N 116.260°W
Country United States
State Idaho
County Idaho
Elevation 3,274 ft (998 m)
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code 83531
Area code(s) 208
GNIS feature ID 396482[1]

Fenn is an unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 95 on the Camas Prairie, 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Grangeville and 8 miles (13 km) south of Cottonwood. Fenn has a post office with ZIP code 83531.[2]

Originally Tharp, it was named in 1915 (or earlier)[3] after the Fenn family.[4] Stephen S. Fenn (1820–92)[5] arrived in Florence from California in 1862 with his wife and four children.[6] He was an early settler, attorney, administrator, speaker of territorial legislature, and a territorial delegate to Congress. His son, Major Frank A. Fenn (1853–1927),[7] also of many professions, was the speaker of the first state legislature. Frank's son Lloyd (1884–1953) also served in the legislature.[4][8][9][10][11]

An earlier settlement a few miles north, Denver, was mostly abandoned after the Camas Prairie Railroad bypassed it. A grain elevator was constructed in Fenn in 1918,[12] served by the railroad until the abandonment of its Second Subdivision line to Grangeville in late 2000.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ ZIP Code Lookup
  3. ↑ "Neighborhood news:Idaho". Spokesman-Review. January 8, 1910. p. 8.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Fenn put name on Idaho's map". Lewiston Morning Tribune. May 1990. p. 18-Centennial.
  5. ↑ "FENN, Stephen Southmyd, (1820-1892)". Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  6. ↑ Fenn, Frank A. (November 24, 1920). "Idaho early history: an emigrant’s experience". Kooskia Mountaineer.
  7. ↑ "Major F.A. Fenn dead". Lewiston Morning Tribune. June 21, 1927. p. 8.
  8. ↑ "Hankers to be just like dad". Spokane Daily Chronicle. November 15, 1928. p. 3.
  9. ↑ "Major Frank Fenn". Find a Grave. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Lloyd Alfred Fenn". Find a Grave. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Lloyd A. Fenn, Kooskia civic leader, dead". Lewiston Morning Tribune. November 7, 1953. p. 12.
  12. ↑ "Build elevators for their wheat". Spokane Daily Chronicle. February 23, 1918. p. 8.
  13. ↑ "Legal notices: Camas Prairie RailNet". Lewiston Morning Tribune. May 2, 2000. p. 9B.
  14. ↑ "Last train to Grangeville". Lewiston Morning Tribune. December 31, 2000. p. 3A.