De Smet Benewah County, Idaho
Mapped Location
De Smet: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on De Smet
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for De Smet
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| De Smet | Official |
Origin Notes and History of De Smet
References to De Smet that document the origin of its place name
LATAH, Benewah County.—This is a Nez Perce Indian name given to a place near Desmet (q.v.) where, in olden times, they found some kind of stone out of which they made pestles with which to pound and smash roots. These they called "Tah-ol," and at this same place were large pine trees called "La-kah." By eliminating the last syllable in each word is made "La-tah," meaning "pine and pestle place."
DESMET, Benewah County.—This place was named for Father De Smet, a Belgian Jesuit, who came into Idaho as a Catholic missionary among the Indians, in 1842, and was instrumental in founding a mission, under the patronage of Saint Joseph, on the St. Joe River, and also the Coeur d'Alene mission, now known as Caltaldo, where, in 1853, the first Catholic church in Idaho was founded. Father De Smet's labors were with the Flatheads, Coeur d'Alenes, Pend Oreilles and Kutenais.—DE SMET, Letters and Sketches.
Benewah County
- Alder Creek
- Benewah
- Cardwell
- Chat'u'washa'lqs Bluff
- Chatcolet
- De Smet
- Emida
- Fernwood
- Flat Creek
- Hawleys Landing
- Lotus
- Mashburn
- Meadowhurst
- Milltown
- Mowry
- North South Ski Bowl
- Omega
- Parkline
- City of Parkline (historical)
- City of Plummer
- Plummer Junction
- Renfrew
- Riverdale
- Rover
- Saint Joe
- City of Saint Maries
- Sanders
- Santa
- Silvertip Landing
- City of Tensed
- Tyson Creek Station
- Wayland
- Willard
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Last updated: 2016-12-03