Sandpoint is the largest city in, and the

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of, Bonner County,

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. Its population was 9,777 as of the 2022

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. Sandpoint's major economic contributors include forest products, light manufacturing, tourism, recreation and government services. As the largest service center in the two northern Idaho counties (

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and Boundary), as well as northwestern Montana, it has an active retail sector. Sandpoint lies on the shores of Idaho's largest lake,

Lake Pend Oreille Lake Pend Oreille ( ) in the northern Idaho Panhandle is the largest lake in the U.S. state of Idaho and the 38th-largest lake by area in the United States, with a surface area of . It is long, and deep in some regions, making it the fifth-deep ...

, and is surrounded by three major mountain ranges, the Selkirk,

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and

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ranges. It is home to

Schweitzer Mountain Resort Schweitzer is a ski resort in the northwest United States in northern Idaho, northwest of Sandpoint. Located in Bonner County in the Selkirk Mountains, it overlooks Lake Pend Oreille to the southeast with views of the Bitterroot and Cabine ...

, Idaho's largest ski resort, and is on the

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and two

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s (Wild Horse Trail and Pend Oreille Scenic Byway). Among other distinctions awarded by national media in the past decade, in 2011 Sandpoint was named the nation's "Most Beautiful Small Town" by

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and ''

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''.

History

Salish Tribes, specifically the

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, and the

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, built encampments on the shore of

every summer, fished, made baskets of cedar, and collected

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before returning to either

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in the fall. The encampments ended before 1930. The region was extensively explored by David Thompson of the

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starting in 1807. Disputed joint British/American occupation of the

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led to the

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. This controversy ended in 1846 with the signing of the

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, whereby Britain ceded all rights to land south of the 49th parallel. In the 1880s, the Northern Pacific Railroad brought European and Chinese settlement to the area. In August 1888, 29-year-old author and civil servant

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visited Sandpoint on a caribou-hunting trip in the

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. Roosevelt documented what a rough-and-tumble environment "Sand Point" was at that time (and for many decades following). Sandpoint was officially incorporated in 1898. Timber harvesting and railroads drove the economy for nearly a century as loggers moved in from the over-harvested

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region. Several lumber companies operated in the region from as early as 1896 to present, the most notable being the Humbird Lumber Company which operated from 1900 to around 1944. The lumber companies bought land from the

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and built a major mill at Sandpoint and adjacent Kootenai. Lumber company-owned railroads extended into many of the local drainages including Grouse Creek, Gold Creek and Rapid Lightning Creek. Although the trees were never exhausted in the area, Humbird Lumber succumbed to the low timber prices of the

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. "Stump ranches" were sold by Humbird to many families who slowly cleared much of the valley land of tree stumps. Farming and ranching became the third largest business in the area, behind lumber and railroads, prior to the "discovery" of Lake Pend Oreille as a sports fishery in the 1950s. The economy was given a boost during World War II from Farragut Naval Station, a training center for the US Navy located at the southwestern end of Lake Pend Oreille. The opening of Schweitzer Mountain Resort in 1963 turned the area into a year-round tourism destination. The beauty of the surrounding Selkirk and

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and

has kept Sandpoint a tourist favorite for water sports, hunting, hiking, horseback riding, fishing and skiing. In the 1980s and 1990s, 30 miles south of Sandpoint, the areas of Coeur d'Alene and Hayden Lake attracted nationwide publicity when

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groups (most notably the

Aryan Nations Aryan Nations is a North American antisemitic, neo-Nazi and white supremacist hate group that was originally based in Kootenai County, Idaho, about miles (4.4 km) north of the city of Hayden Lake. Richard Girnt Butler founded Aryan N ...

) set up headquarters in the area. Many Sandpoint residents reacted negatively to such groups; some formed the Bonner County Human Rights Task Force in opposition. In 2001, the Aryan Nations lost a lawsuit filed against them. The lawsuit bankrupted the organization and forced them to give up their Hayden Lake property and disband. In December 2011, Sandpoint became the first city in Idaho to pass an ordinance prohibiting discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Community organizations stage a number of regionally known annual events, including Sandpoint Winter Carnival in February; the Lost in the 50s vintage car show in May; and the Festival at Sandpoint summer music festival in August. Sandpoint's historic vaudeville-era Panida Theater hosts frequent performing art events and an ongoing independent film series. The Music Conservatory of Sandpoint provides classical music classes and inaugurated its "Little Carnegie" concert hall in 2022. A robust visual arts community supported by the Pend Oreille Arts Council also contributes to Sandpoint's reputation as a center for arts and culture in northern Idaho and the Inland Northwest. There have been occasional reports of unusual lights over Lake Pend Oreille at night. Described as glowing orbs, these lights have been attributed to various causes, including possible military activity from the nearby

Farragut Naval Training Station Farragut Naval Training Station was a U.S. Navy training center during World War II in the Western United States. It was located in Northern Idaho at the south end of Lake Pend Oreille at Bayview, between Coeur d'Alene and The base was named ...

, though no definitive explanations have been provided.

Geography and climate

Sandpoint and Lake Pend Oreille and Elmo fire plume aerial

According to the

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, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Sandpoint has a fairly typical inland Northwestern

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(

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''Dsb''), with cold, snowy winters and dry summers with large diurnal temperature swings from hot in the day to very cool at night. The record low was on December 30, 1968, while the record high was recorded on June 30, 2021. The wettest month was December 1933 with of total precipitation and the most monthly snowfall in January 1969.

Demographics

The median income between 2016 and 2020 for a household in the city was $46,712. The

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for the city was $28,210. The percentage of persons below the poverty line (2016–2020) was 14.7%. The median value of owner-occupied housing in the city was $228,800. The homeownership rate (2006–2010) was 49.6%. Of the population over 25 years of age (2006–2010), 89.9% had graduated high school, 25.6% had achieved a

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or higher.

2010 census

As of the

of 2010, there were 7,365 people, 3,215 households, and 1,811 families residing in the city. The

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was . There were 3,769 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 95.5%

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, 0.1%

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, 0.7% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.9% of the population. There were 3,215 households, of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.4% were

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living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 43.7% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.86. The median age in the city was 38.8 years. 23.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.2% were from 25 to 44; 25.9% were from 45 to 64; and 16.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.2% male and 51.8% female.

Politics

Economy

Since 2002, Sandpoint has been home to aircraft manufacturer

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Education

Sandpoint is part of the Lake Pend Oreille School District.

Sandpoint High School Sandpoint High School is a four-year public secondary school in the northwest United States, located in Sandpoint, Idaho. It is the larger of the two high schools in the Lake Pend Oreille School District; the other is Clark Fork in Class 1A. ...

and Lake Pend Oreille Alternative High School educate students in grades 9 through 12. Forrest Bird Charter School educates grades 6–12.

Rail transportation

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carries passengers daily in both directions between

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, Illinois to the east and

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, Washington and

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, Oregon to the west. Sandpoint's Amtrak station serves as the only stop in Idaho. Sandpoint is on the main line of the

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, 80 railroad miles northeast of

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. Traffic flow was improved in 2023 by paralleling a 2.2-mile segment including the lake crossing that had been constricted by a single-track bridge.

Local media

;Radio *

KSPT KSPT (1400 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news talk information format, licensed to Sandpoint, Idaho, United States. The station is currently owned by Blue Sky Broadcasting Inc. and features programming from ABC News Radio, Bloomberg Radi ...

AM 1400 (

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) * KRFY FM 88.5 (

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) *

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FM 95.3 ( Adult Hits) * KTAQ-LP FM 97.7 ( 3ABN Radio) *

KIBR KIBR (102.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country format. Licensed to Sandpoint, Idaho, United States, the station is currently owned by Benefield Broadcasting, Inc. History The station was assigned the call letters KJDE by the FCC on 1 ...

FM 102.5 (

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) * KTPO FM 106.7 (

95.3 repeater) * FM 105.3 (Sandpoint's Hit Music) ;Television Television stations serving Sandpoint originate from the

, Washington market: * KREM 2 (

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) *

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4 (

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) *

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6 (

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) *

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7 (

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) ;Print * The '' Bonner County Daily Bee'', daily paper since 1965 * The '' Sandpoint Reader'', weekly paper since 2004

Notable people

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, aviator, biomedical inventor, recipient of Presidential Citizens Medal *

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, humorist blogger and novelist *

Leon Cadore Leon Joseph Cadore (November 20, 1891 – March 16, 1958) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1915 to 1924. Early life Born in Chicago, Illinois, Cadore was orphaned at 13 and went to live with his uncle, Joe Jean ...

, baseball pitcher who pitched a 26-inning game in 1920, graduate of Sandpoint High School * John Craigie, folk singer, lived there for a summer and wrote the song " All of July" about Sandpoint * James C. Fry, United States Army major general, recipient of

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, former

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detective primarily known for his role in the

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, athletic shoe designer and

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architect * Nate Holland, two-time Olympian, five-time

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gold medalist, US Snowboard team * Nell Kruegel Irion, city councilor and first woman to run for Congress in Idaho *

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, author *

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* Patrick F. McManus, outdoor writer and humorist *

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, actor and producer * Alex R. Munson (born 1941), chief judge of the

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* Don Osborn, former minor league baseball pitcher and manager and pitching coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates * Kristy Osmunson, singer and fiddle player of the country music duo ''Bomshel'' *

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, former governor of Alaska and 2008 Republican nominee for Vice President *

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, former

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quarterback * Shook Twins, folk music duo who grew up in Sandpoint *

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, big-band singer *

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and former

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, 25th

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of Idaho (1967−1971) * Edgar Steele, attorney found guilty of a murder-for-hire plot (from the nearby town of Sagle) *

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References

External links

City website

Bonner County Profile from the Idaho Department of Labor
{{authority control Cities in Bonner County, Idaho County seats in Idaho Populated places established in 1898 1898 establishments in Idaho Cities in Idaho