Kootenai County is located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, its population was 171,362, making it the third-most populous county in Idaho and the largest in North Idaho, the county accounting for 45.4% of the region's total population. The county seat and largest city is Coeur d'Alene. The county was established in 1864 and named after the Kootenai tribe. Kootenai County is coterminous with the Coeur d'Alene metropolitan area, which along with the Spokane metropolitan area comprises the Spokane–Coeur d'Alene combined statistical area.
Coeur d'Alene is a city and the county seat of Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is the most populous city in North Idaho and the principal city of the Coeur d'Alene Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 54,628 at the 2020 census. Coeur d'Alene is a satellite city of Spokane, which is located about thirty miles (50 km) to the west in the state of Washington. The two cities are the key components of the Spokane–Coeur d'Alene Combined Statistical Area, of which Coeur d'Alene is the third-largest city. The city is situated on the north shore of the 25-mile (40 km) long Lake Coeur d'Alene and to the west of the Coeur d'Alene Mountains. Locally, Coeur d'Alene is known as the "Lake City", or simply called by its initials, "CDA".
Interstate 90 (I-90) is a transcontinental Interstate Highway that runs east–west across the northern United States. Within the state of Idaho, the freeway travels for 74 miles (119 km) from the Washington border near Spokane to Coeur d'Alene and the panhandle region at the north end of the state. After traveling through the Silver Valley along the Coeur d'Alene River in the Bitterroot Range, I-90 crosses into Montana at Lookout Pass.
Holbrook is an unincorporated community along the Rock and Deep creeks in west central Oneida County, Idaho, United States.
Coeur d'Alene's Old Mission State Park is heritage-oriented in the western United States in northern Idaho, preserving the Mission of the Sacred Heart, or Cataldo Mission, a national historic landmark. The park contains the church itself, the parish house, and the surrounding property. Built in 1850–1853, Mission of the Sacred Heart is the oldest standing building in Idaho. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961, and put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
Dingle is an unincorporated community in Bear Lake County, Idaho. It is located in the southeastern part of the state. Although unincorporated, it has the zip code 83233.
Murray is an unincorporated community in the northwest United States, located in Shoshone County, Idaho. It is approximately twenty miles (32 km) north of Wallace along Dobson Pass Road. Prichard Creek flows through the community, forming a thin and deep valley in the surrounding Coeur d'Alene Mountains.
Ellis is an unincorporated community in Custer County, Idaho, United States, located on U.S. Route 93 15.5 miles (24.9 km) northeast of Challis. The town consists solely of a post office, with ZIP code 83235.
Howe is an unincorporated community in Butte County, Idaho, United States. Howe is located on Idaho State Highway 33 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Arco. Howe has a post office with ZIP code 83244.
Chester is an unincorporated community in Fremont County, Idaho, United States. Chester is located on U.S. Route 20 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of St. Anthony. Chester has a post office with ZIP code 83421.
Indian Valley is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Idaho, United States. Indian Valley is 12 miles (19 km) east of Cambridge. Indian Valley has a post office with ZIP code 83632.
Bayview is an unincorporated community in the northwest United States, located in Kootenai County, Idaho, north of Coeur d'Alene. On the southwest shore of Lake Pend Oreille, Bayview is seven miles (11 km) east-northeast of Athol. The community is served by State Highway 54 and a post office with ZIP code 83803; its approximate elevation is 2,100 feet (640 m) above sea level. Nearby is Farragut State Park, formerly the Farragut Naval Training Station, a major training facility during World War II.
Calder is an unincorporated community in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States. Calder is located on the Saint Joe River 18 miles (29 km) east of St. Maries. Calder has a post office with ZIP code 83808.
Laclede is an unincorporated community in Bonner County, Idaho, United States. Laclede is located on U.S. Route 2 at the intersection of Riley Creek and the Pend Oreille River. Laclede has a post office with ZIP code 83841.
Medimont is an unincorporated community in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. Medimont is located on the north shore of Cave Lake, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) east-northeast of Harrison. Medimont has a post office with ZIP code 83842.
Kingston is an unincorporated community in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States. Kingston is located on the south bank of the Coeur d'Alene River along Interstate 90 about 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Pinehurst.
De Smetdə SMET or dez-MET; is a census-designated place on the Coeur d'Alene Reservation in Benewah County, Idaho, United States.
Eastport is an unincorporated community in Boundary County, Idaho, United States. Eastport is located at the Canada–US border along U.S. Route 95, across from Kingsgate, British Columbia and 19 miles (31 km) north of Moyie Springs. It is connected to Canada by the Eastport-Kingsgate Border Crossing. Eastport has a post office with ZIP code 83826.
Harvard is an unincorporated community in the northwest United States, on the Palouse of north central Idaho in Latah County.
Lane is an unincorporated community in Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. Lane is located along the Coeur d'Alene River and Idaho State Highway 3. It is 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Harrison. The community was founded as a lumber town in the 1880s and named after a logger.
