Ferdinand Idaho Map

About Ferdinand, Idaho

Ferdinand is a locality in Idaho County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 133. The population density is 293.4 people per km². Ferdinand is located at 46.1524°N, 116.3893°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Ferdinand is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83526.

Ferdinand occupies a high, expansive plateau where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun in a single, lingering gulp. It lies 35.1 miles east-southeast of Lewiston, ID (from Lewiston, ID: bearing 121°T), and is situated 20.2 miles northwest of Grangeville. The land around Ferdinand consists of vast, open fields that roll with the slow, deliberate pulse of the prairie, punctuated by the quiet persistence of Meadow Creek as it carves its path just two miles away. Beyond the immediate sweep of the plains, the distant, serrated edge of the Bitterroot Range haunts the eastern sky, a jagged reminder of the tectonic weight that shaped this high country. The air here carries a crisp, thin clarity, often smelling of dry bunchgrass and the cooling earth that waits beneath the wide Idaho sky.

Ferdinand maintains a rhythm defined by the seasonal turning of the soil and the steady, quiet labor of agriculture that has anchored the locality since its early settlement. The economy remains rooted in the deep, fertile earth, with vast grain fields creating a patchwork of gold and stubble that shifts color with the passing months. Residents look toward the nearby Idaho Department of Lands for managed access to the wilder stretches of the region, while the basin of Icicle Flat provides a subtle, low-lying contrast to the elevated plains. Though the surface of Mud Springs Reservoir sits ten miles distant, the presence of water—whether in the seasonal flow of the creeks or the deep, hidden moisture of the soil—governs the life of Ferdinand, grounding its history in the simple, necessary work of the harvest.

About This Ferdinand Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ferdinand, Idaho. Coordinates: 46.152385, -116.389311. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Ferdinand includes the ZIP code (83526), telephone area code (208), county seat of Idaho County (Grangeville), and school district assignment (Cottonwood Joint School District 242).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.