Kootenai, Idaho

About Kootenai

Kootenai, ID is a small town located in northwestern Idaho counting 1,083 people who proudly call it home.

Kootenai holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.55 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,969 residents per square mile.

📰 Kootenai News Today

• Solving transit barriers: New mobile clinic reaches Kootenai, Bonner and Shoshone counties krem.com · Oct 6
• Breaking Ground on the Prairie Medical Campus Kootenai Health · Sep 30
• New state record burbot hoisted out of Kootenai River Idaho Fish and Game (.gov) · Apr 24
• Kootenai County Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 30
• Kootenai Tribe of Idaho Lobbyists, 2023 OpenSecrets · Oct 3

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📰 Local News

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What Makes Kootenai Unique

• The only place in America named Kootenai — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Positioned in northwestern Idaho, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Kootenai

• Pack River General Store

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🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Kootenai

• Oden Bay Game Management Area reviews ★
• Pack River Flats Refuge reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Kootenai

• KOOTENAI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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