Bonner County County
Established February 21, 1907 with its county seat at Sandpoint. It was named for Edwin L. Bonner, who in 1864 established a ferry on the Kootenai River where the town of Bonners Ferry is located. The ferry became an important site in emigrant travel between Walla Walla to the placer and quartz mines in British Columbia
Mapped Location
Bonner County: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Bonner County
- Feature Type: County
- County Seat: City of Sandpoint
- Established: Thursday, February 21, 1907
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Bonner County
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Bonner County | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Bonner County
References to Bonner County that document the origin of its place name
BONNER'S FERRY, Boundary County.—"That E. L. Bonner, R. A. Edding and John W. Walton, their heirs and assigns, be and they are hereby authorized to establish a ferry across the Kootenai River, at a point known as Bonner's Ferry, or Chulimtah."—Laws of the Territory of Idaho, Second Session, 1864
BONNER.—Named for Bonners Ferry (q.v.). The county seat is Sandpoint, named for a huge sand bar that extends into Pend Oreille Lake at this place.
Bonner County
- Algoma
- Blacktail
- Blanchard
- Boyer
- Bronx
- Broten
- Cabinet
- Careywood
- Cedar Creek
- Clagstone
- City of Clark Fork
- Cocolalla
- Colburn
- Coleman
- Coolin
- Culver
- Denton
- Dickensheet Junction
- City of Dover
- Dufort
- City of East Hope
- Edgemere
- Elmira
- Evans Landing
- Four Corners
- Garfield
- Glengary
- Granite
- Granite
- Harlem
- City of Hope
- Kelso
- City of Kootenai
- Laclede
- Lakeview
- Lamb Creek
- Lignite
- Morton
- Newman
- Nordman
- Oden
- City of Oldtown
- Outlet Bay
- City of Ponderay
- City of Priest River
- Riverside (historical)
- Sagle
- Samuels
- City of Sandpoint
- Sawyer
- Selle
- Seneacquoteen
- Sherwood Beach
- Sunnyside
- Talache
- Talache Landing
- Thama
- Trestle Creek
- Vans Corner
- Vay
- Westmond
- Wrencoe
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2016-11-27