Clark Fork, Idaho
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Idaho | ||
| County : | Bonner County | ||
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 9 ′ N , 116 ° 11 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 527 (as of 2013) | ||
| Population density : | 210.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.5 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 2.5 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 637 m | ||
| Postal code : | 83811 | ||
| Area code : | +1 208 | ||
| FIPS : | 16-14950 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0396290 | ||
| Website : | clarkforkidaho.com | ||
 Aerial view of Lake Pend Oreille |
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Clark Fork is a city in the Idaho Panhandle in the north of the US state Idaho . It belongs to Bonner County , whose county seat is held by the city of Sandpoint . According to the US census, the population was 536 in 2010. Clark Fork lies at an altitude of 640 m (2,090 feet) above sea level on an area of 2.6 km².
location
Clark Fork is located in the eastern part of Bonner County near the border with Montana and the Cabinet Range of the Rocky Mountains . The Clark Fork River of the same name flows into Lake Pend Oreille . The Cabinet Gorge Dam dams the river near the village and supplies the area with energy. A fish farm is located further upstream. The farmland north of the river is considered particularly fertile.
Clark Fork is about 25 miles east of Sandpoint and is the first town on Highway 200 after crossing the Montana-Idaho border. Located on the banks of the Clark Fork River, the town was founded in the late 1800s after the Northern Pacific Railway built a siding here alongside the river.
The city was named after the famous William Clark , who led an expedition with Meriwether Lewis in 1804 to develop this area. Lewis and Clark probably discovered the Clark Fork River near Missoula in October 1805. Today in the "Wilderness Area" in the shadow of the Cabinet Mountains, Clark Fork still offers much of the charm of the old American West. There are numerous opportunities for hunting and fishing within the Clark Fork Valley. The river is a preferred spawning area for the Rainbow, Cutthroat, Mackinaw, and the endangered Bull Trout fish species who use its pristine mountain tributaries to spawn.
history
As the construction of a bridge over the Clark Fork River neared completion in 1916, one reporter said parallely: “In this simple way the catchment area of the Clark Fork River will end up as a thoroughfare in the northern part of this state. It is the only possible passage north. ” This was the reporter's conclusion due to the fact that Lewis and Clark had found this way west a century earlier and, despite an intensive search by a growing community, no better way had been found than to cross the river by ferry.
The topography of the site offered few opportunities to cross the river when traveling east or west. This was true until well into the 20th century, when people learned to machine the rock faces of the Cabinet Mountains. Even today, a trip from Heron (Montana) to Clark Fork (Idaho) clearly shows the formations that gave Clark Fork its role in the history of the region and was one of the reasons for the original ferry service.
Lalia Moore wrote in her dictionary of the place names Idaho that the place (Clark Fork) was apparently given that name by fur hunters as early as 1809. With them, the early ferry service began, although this was only made of tree trunks and provided with a temporary platform. It is believed that a private or paid ferry operated there at Clark Fork.
The first indications of ferry operations are from records from 1893. Since this took place at least 10 years after the arrival of the Northern Pacific Railways, it is very likely that a considerable number of river crossings were necessary when building the railway bridge and track system. A major factor in the operation of the ferry was the considerable amount of water and the speed of the current. The Pend d'Oreille Review reported on December 29, 1916 that “the Clark Fork River has a greater volume of water than the Snake River . At times the flow is up to 94,000 cubic meters per second during floods. The average width of the river is about 400 meters. ”On May 13, 1904, an offer was made to John Lloyd and John Hagbo for a ferry, which cost $ 275.00.
Demographics
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 259 | - | |
| 1920 | 280 | 8.1% | |
| 1930 | 325 | 16.1% | |
| 1940 | 432 | 32.9% | |
| 1950 | 430 | -0.5% | |
| 1960 | 387 | -10% | |
| 1970 | 452 | 16.8% | |
| 1980 | 367 | -18.8% | |
| 1990 | 448 | 22.1% | |
| 2000 | 530 | 18.3% | |
| 2010 | 536 | 1.1% | |
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According to the 2000 census, there were 530 residents in Clark Fork, 138 families in a total of 238 households. The population density was 208.8 people per square kilometer. There were a total of 286 residential units on an area of 112.7 km², which includes the actual place and the surrounding property belonging to the community.
Personalities
- Compton I. White lived and worked in Clark Fork.
- Compton I. White junior attended the school there, was a school councilor from 1947 to 1950 and mayor of Clark Fork from 1958 to 1962.
Web links
- Official website
- Clark Fork, Idaho on city-data.com statistics
- Population figures on citypopulation.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Clark Fork Idaho Interesting Facts, accessed February 6, 2016.
- Jump up ↑ Clark Fork Idaho Story, accessed February 6, 2016.
- ^ Riley Moffatt: Population History of Western US Cities & Towns, 1850-1990. Scarecrow, Lanham (Maryland) 1996, p. 91.
- ^ Subcounty population estimates: Idaho 2000–2007 ( CSV ) United States Census Bureau , Population Division. March 18, 2009. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved on May 6, 2009.