Oldtown Idaho Map

About Oldtown, Idaho

Oldtown is a locality in Bonner County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 221. The population density is 103.8 people per km². Oldtown is located at 48.1825°N, 117.0180°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Oldtown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83822.

Oldtown occupies a verdant stretch of the northern Idaho panhandle where the land yields to the steady, rhythmic passage of the Pend Oreille River. It lies 26.1 miles north-northwest of Rathdrum, ID (from Rathdrum, ID: bearing 346°T), and is situated 0.2 miles east-southeast of Newport. The air here holds a crisp, pine-scented clarity, cooling rapidly as the sun retreats behind the silhouette of Cooks Mountain. To the east, the landscape opens into the quietude of Langell Canyon, while the expansive waters of Lake Pend Oreille sit only two miles away, exerting a gravitational pull on the local horizon. Within the immediate boundaries of Oldtown, Anderson Memorial Park provides a modest, grass-covered sanctuary where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the occasional rustle of wind through the tall, inland conifers.

Economic life in Oldtown remains tethered to the rugged heritage of the region, where the timber industry once dictated the pace of development and the clearing of the surrounding woodlands. The rhythm of the days is defined by the steady flow of the Pend Oreille River, a constant, shadowed presence that has shaped the settlement’s character far more than any transient trend. There is a singular, unadorned honesty to the way the local economy operates, favoring a deliberate, slow-moving industry that respects the demands of the terrain. Residents move with a quiet sense of purpose, acknowledging the history of a place that grew from the necessity of labor and the harsh, beautiful requirements of the Mountain West.

About This Oldtown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oldtown, Idaho. Coordinates: 48.182488, -117.018005. 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 Oldtown includes the ZIP code (83822), telephone area code (208, 986), county seat of Bonner County (Sandpoint), and school district assignment (West Bonner County School District 83).

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.