Garwood, Idaho
{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Idaho, United States}}
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Garwood is an unincorporated community in northern Kootenai County, Idaho, United States.
Geography
Garwood is in section 25 of Township 52N Range 4W, in the northwestern part of the county, {{convert|11|mi|km}} north of Coeur d'Alene.
History
Garwood was named for the timber products of the Ohio Match Company. The community was established in 1905.{{Cite book |last=Boone |first=Lalia Phipps |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z10UAQAAIAAJ |title=Idaho Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary |date=1988 |publisher=University of Idaho Press |isbn=978-0-89301-119-2 |pages=151 |language=en |access-date=January 29, 2024 |archive-date=February 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214221935/https://books.google.com/books?id=z10UAQAAIAAJ |url-status=live }}
US Highway 95 and a line of the Union Pacific Railroad were built through Garwood.{{Cite web |url=https://itd.idaho.gov//wp-content/uploads/2018/03/US95_ID-53_Garwood_Postcard1.pdf |title=US-95 & ID-53 Interchange, Garwood Road, UPRR Bridge & Frontage Roads |access-date=June 29, 2021 |archive-date=June 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629153038/https://itd.idaho.gov//wp-content/uploads/2018/03/US95_ID-53_Garwood_Postcard1.pdf |url-status=live }} A rail line was also constructed between Garwood and Burnt Cabin Creek in 1924.{{Cite web |date=1924-07-10 |location=Chicago, IL |title=Lumber World Review |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-YoAQAAMAAJ |access-date=2021-06-29 |publisher=Lumber Review Company |volume=47 |page=50 |language=en |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408045915/https://books.google.com/books?id=6-YoAQAAMAAJ |url-status=live }} Among the businesses in Garwood were the Ryan grocery store, which burned in 1913.{{Cite news |date=1913-04-11 |title=State and County News - Items of Interest Gathered From Exchanges |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/605158726/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |work=The Rathdrum Tribune |location=Rathdrum, ID |page=1 |archive-date=February 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214221919/https://www.newspapers.com/image/605158726/ |url-status=live }}
Garwood's population was 18 in 1925,{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ |title=Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, Territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions |date=1925 |publisher=Rand McNally & Company |pages=190 |language=en |access-date=June 21, 2021 |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229220633/https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ |url-status=live }} and was 50 in 1940.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=221 |language=en |access-date=January 15, 2024 |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103000157/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}
Garwood Elementary School is located nearby.{{gnis|401341}} Constructed in 1991,{{cite web|title=Garwood Elementary School: Our School|url=https://ge.sd272.org/our-school|publisher=Lakeland Joint School District|accessdate=2021-06-21|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204738/https://ge.sd272.org/our-school|url-status=live}} It is also used as a local polling place.{{Cite web |title=Polling Place Locations - Kootenai County, ID |url=https://www.kcgov.us/320/Polling-Place-Locations |access-date=2021-06-29 |website=www.kcgov.us |archive-date=June 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629153037/https://www.kcgov.us/320/Polling-Place-Locations |url-status=live }}
See also
{{Portal|Idaho}}
References
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{{Kootenai County, Idaho}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Idaho
Category:Unincorporated communities in Kootenai County, Idaho
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