Cache, Idaho

Cache, Idaho
Unincorporated community
Cache, Idaho is located in Idaho
Cache, Idaho
Cache, Idaho
Cache, Idaho is located in the United States
Cache, Idaho
Cache, Idaho
Coordinates: 43°47′17″N 111°09′47″W / 43.78806°N 111.16306°W / 43.78806; -111.16306
CountryUnited States
StateIdaho
CountyTeton
Elevation
[1]
6,047 ft (1,843 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
83424
Area code(s)208, 986
GNIS feature ID397513[1]

Cache is an unincorporated community in Teton County, in the U.S. state of Idaho.[1]

History

The community received its name from a cache of furs hidden near the site by French fur traders.[2] An alternate explanation is that it was named Cache because of "the fact that most of the settlers migrated to this spot from Cache Valley, Utah."[3]

A post office called Cache was established in 1904, and remained in operation until 1916.[4] A variant name was "Dwight".[1]

Cache's population was estimated at 100 in 1909.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cache, Idaho
  2. ^ Rees, John E. (1918). Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography. W.B. Conkey Company. p. 61.
  3. ^ Blevins, Don (2000). Peculiar, Uncertain, and Two Egg. Cumberland House. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-58182-094-2.
  4. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  5. ^ Davis, Ellis A. (1909). Davis' New Commercial Encyclopedia: Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, the Pacific Northwest. Ellis A. Davis. pp. 188–189.


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