Yellow Dog (historical) Latah County, Idaho


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Yellow Dog (historical): The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Yellow Dog (historical)

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Yellow Dog (historical)

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Yellow Dog (historical) Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Yellow Dog (historical)

References to Yellow Dog (historical) that document the origin of its place name

YELLOW DOG, an early community with a blacksmith shop and grocery store; in 1905, a stop on the Spokane and Inland Empire RR; located in the NW part of the county. Formerly Almeda, which see. The name Yellow Dog arose when a resident remarked that he did not like the name Almeda and would rather call the area Yellow Dog. From that time on the local name for the area has remained Yellow Dog. Today the community is gone and the name no longer appears on county maps, but it does appear on a nearby highway sign.

Lalia Phipps Boone in From A to Z in Latah County, Idaho: A Place Name Dictionary

 

Last updated: 2024-06-04