Sawtooth City, Idaho

Sawtooth City
Location Blaine County, Idaho
Nearest city Stanley, Idaho
Coordinates 43°53′48″N 114°50′25″W / 43.89667°N 114.84028°WCoordinates: 43°53′48″N 114°50′25″W / 43.89667°N 114.84028°W
Built 1879
Governing body United States Forest Service
NRHP Reference # 75000625[1]
Added to NRHP April 4, 1975

Sawtooth City (also Sawtooth) is an unincorporated community in Blaine County, Idaho, United States. Located at 43°53′48″N 114°50′25″W / 43.89667°N 114.84028°W (43.8965718, -114.8403490), it sits at an altitude of 7,342 feet (2,238 m), along Beaver Creek near its confluence with the Salmon River in the Sawtooth Valley of Sawtooth National Recreation Area. Sawtooth City was founded as a mining camp after a mine was opened in the area on July 2, 1878; discoveries in the Sawtooth City area grew out of discoveries to the south. Its peak was between the years 1880 and 1886.[2] A community cemetery is located northeast of central Sawtooth City.[3]

In 1975, the entire community was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sawtooth City, Idaho
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sawtooth Cemetery