Wallace Idaho Map

About Wallace, Idaho

Wallace is a locality in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 791. The population density is 336.4 people per km². Wallace is located at 47.4741°N, 115.9279°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Wallace is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83873.

Wallace occupies a narrow corridor where the earth rises abruptly to meet the sky, forcing the architecture to cling to the steep, pine-shadowed slopes that hem in the valley floor. It lies 42.2 miles east-southeast of Coeur d'Alene, ID (from Coeur d'Alene, ID: bearing 109°T), and is situated 10.0 miles east-southeast of Kellogg. The South Fork Coeur d'Alene River cuts a cold, persistent path through the center of the landscape, its rhythmic motion providing a constant, low-frequency hum against the silence of the surrounding terrain. To the north, the sharp incline of Mount Pulaski looms over the rooftops, casting long, bruised shadows that deepen as the afternoon sun retreats behind the ridges. At the edge of the residential grid, Unknown Park offers a quiet expanse of green, a place where the air carries the scent of damp earth and cooling stone, undisturbed by the distant, jagged geometry of the regional peaks.

Wallace maintains an identity forged in the heavy, metallic dust of deep-earth extraction, a history that remains visible in the brick facades and the enduring character of its narrow streets. The economy, once dictated by the volatile extraction of silver and lead from the rock, has shifted into a deliberate preservation of its own weathered legacy, where the remnants of mining infrastructure stand as silent sentinels of a bygone industry. Residents move through the day with a measured, intentional pace, often looking toward the high, forested reaches of Daly Gulch or planning excursions that might eventually lead them toward the rugged terrain of the Bad Tom Trail. There is a distinct, hard-won resilience here, a quality born from decades of labor in the dark, subterranean veins of the ground, ensuring that Wallace remains a place defined by its grit and its quiet refusal to be anything other than what the land has allowed it to become.

About This Wallace Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wallace, Idaho. Coordinates: 47.474094, -115.927939. 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 Wallace includes the ZIP code (83873), telephone area code (208, 986), county seat of Shoshone County (Wallace), and school district assignment (Wallace School District 393).

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.