Editing Boundary County, Idaho (section)

==History==
Boundary County was formed on January 23, 1915, from [[Bonner County, Idaho|Bonner County]]. It was named Boundary County because it lies on the border of Canada, Washington and Montana.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/downloads/states.html |title=Idaho Atlas of Historical County Boundaries |date=2010 |publisher=The Newberry Library |location=Chicago |page=62 |access-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619133351/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/downloads/states.html |archive-date=June 19, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Boundary County has seven election precincts: Bonners Ferry, Copeland, Kootenai, Moyie, Naples, North Bonners Ferry, and Valley View. All contain part of Bonners Ferry City except Copeland, Moyie, and Naples precincts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Boundary County, ID |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st16_id/c16021_boundary/PL10VTD_C16021_001.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203151625/http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st16_id/c16021_boundary/PL10VTD_C16021_001.pdf |archive-date=February 3, 2017 |access-date=February 2, 2017 |website=United States Census Bureau |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Boundary County, Idaho voting districts |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st16_id/c16021_boundary/PL10VTD_C16021_VTD2MS.txt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203151623/http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st16_id/c16021_boundary/PL10VTD_C16021_VTD2MS.txt |archive-date=February 3, 2017 |access-date=February 2, 2017 |website=US Census Bureau |publisher=US Census Bureau}}</ref>  Moyie Springs was incorporated in 1947.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=A Report of the Seventeenth Decennial Census of the United States Census of Population: 1950 |date=1952 |publisher=United States Government Printing Office |location=Washington |pages=12–14 |access-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321050514/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |archive-date=March 21, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Settlement of the area started with the establishment of Bonners Ferry on the Kootenai River in 1864. Settlement was limited to the ferry operation until about 1890. The town of Bonners Ferry was established in 1893. At that point settlement was still sparse with small ranching and mining operations, but an expanding timber economy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bonners Ferry, Idaho |url=http://www.bonnersferry.com/AboutBonnersFerry.asp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201144207/http://bonnersferry.com/AboutBonnersFerry.asp |archive-date=December 1, 2016 |access-date=February 2, 2017 |website=BonnersFerry.com}}</ref>  By 1900, other areas started to develop with the Boulder (now Kootenai), Boundary (now Copeland), and Naples precincts first listed in the U.S. Census of that year. The Moyie precinct first appeared in the 1910 census.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=Census Reports Volume I: Twelfth Census of the United States taken in the year 1900 |date=1901 |publisher=United States Census Office |location=Washington |page=112 |access-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321050514/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |archive-date=March 21, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940 |date=1942 |publisher=United States Government Printing Office |location=Washington |page=272 |access-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321050514/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |archive-date=March 21, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1980, convicted [[spy]] [[Christopher John Boyce]] found refuge in Boundary County, for a few months, after his escape from the [[Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex]]. He stayed at the home of Gloria Ann White.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boundary County, Idaho, News |url=http://www.newsbf.com/news/110304gloria_white.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610202200/http://www.newsbf.com/news/110304gloria_white.html |archive-date=June 10, 2015 |access-date=November 20, 2013}}</ref>  Boyce sustained himself during his stay with a series of bank robberies in the surrounding area, allegedly with technical assistance from White.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lindsey |first=Robert |last2=Times |first2=Special To the New York |date=1981-09-05 |title=IDAHO WOMAN IS SOUGHT AS SUSPECT IN HARBORING OF FUGITIVE SOVIET SPY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/05/us/idaho-woman-is-sought-as-suspect-in-harboring-of-fugitive-soviet-spy.html |access-date=2025-05-16 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 1992, Boundary County was the scene of the [[Ruby Ridge]] siege by 350–400 armed federal agents against [[Randy Weaver]] and his family.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-19 |title=Ruby Ridge - Idaho, Incident & Standoff |url=https://www.history.com/articles/ruby-ridge |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=HISTORY |language=en}}</ref>

In April 2024, the city council of Bonners Ferry, the county seat of Boundary County, unanimously passed a resolution to continue flying the Canadian flag at its visitor center, despite state restrictions that threatened to remove all foreign flags from government properties. The resolution was seen as a symbolic gesture honoring the region’s historic and economic ties with neighboring British Columbia, especially amid growing tensions over state-level efforts to restrict certain displays of international symbols on public grounds.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-06 |title=Bonners Ferry City Council passes resolution to continue flying Canadian flag despite state restrictions |url=https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/bonners-ferry-resolution-continue-canadian-flag-state-restrictions/293-1d35b8ac-fcbf-4c03-87cd-6240e8bdfc06 |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=krem.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NEWTON |first=NED |date=2025-05-09 |title=Bonners Ferry rejects Idaho flag order |url=https://bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2025/may/09/bonners-ferry-rejects-idaho-flag-order-bonner-coun/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=Bonner County Daily Bee |language=en}}</ref>