Stanley, Idaho facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Stanley, Idaho
Town
Stanley in June 2009
Location of Stanley in Custer County, Idaho.
Country	United States
State	Idaho
County	Custer
Area
• Total	0.55 sq mi (1.42 km2)
• Land	0.54 sq mi (1.41 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation	6,253 ft (1,906 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	116
• Density	127.07/sq mi (49.10/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	83278
Area code(s)	208
FIPS code	16-76780
GNIS feature ID	0398179

Stanley is a town in the Sawtooth Valley in Custer County, Idaho, United States. The population was 116 at the 2020 census; up from 63 in 2010. The center of population of Idaho in 2000 was located in Stanley.

History

Fur trappers of the Hudson's Bay Company discovered the Stanley Basin in the 1820s, but it was mostly avoided due to scarcity of beaver. Captain John Stanley, a Civil War veteran, led a party of prospectors through the area in 1863 (or 1864), but they found little gold and moved on and discovered the Atlanta lode on the south end of the Sawtooths. The site was not considered a town until 1919 when its streets and lots were surveyed and recorded.

Stanley has long been a gathering place for the sparsely populated region.

A 2003 memoir by John Rember, Traplines: Coming Home to the Sawtooth Valley describes life in Stanley and its surrounding area, and the cultural changes connected to the establishment of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

In 2005, Hannah Stouts won the city's mayoral election at age 22 to become the state's youngest elected mayor.

Geography

Stanley is located at 44°13′0″N 114°56′16″W / 44.21667°N 114.93778°W / 44.21667; -114.93778 (44.216698, -114.937814), at an elevation of 6,253 feet (1,906 m) above sea level.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.62 square miles (1.61 km²), of which, 0.61 square miles (1.58 km²) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km²) is water. Stanley is surrounded by the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the census of 2020 there were 116 people in Stanley. There were 169 housing units.

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 63 people, 30 households, and 13 families living in the city. The population density was 103.3 inhabitants per square mile (39.9/km²). There were 91 housing units at an average density of 149.2 per square mile (57.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 100.0% White.

There were 30 households, of which 3.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.0% were married couples living together, 3.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 56.7% were non-families. 40.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.73 and the average family size was 2.23.

The median age in the city was 52.5 years. 3.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 1.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.8% were from 25 to 44; 58.7% were from 45 to 64; and 12.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 52.4% male and 47.6% female.

Climate

Stanley has an alpine subarctic climate with very cold winters and warm summers with a very large diurnal temperature variation. Frosts can occur at any time of the year. There are on average 290 mornings in the year with frost (10 of them in July) and 60 nights that reach 0 °F (−17.8 °C). The cold weather is due to Stanley’s location in a protected valley that traps cold air from the surrounding mountains, creating strong temperature inversions.

2017 Solar Eclipse

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  Stanley from above

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  Stanley Post Office (83278)

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  Chapel

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  Museum

- City of Stanley

See also

In Spanish: Stanley (Idaho) para niños