Editing Potlatch, Idaho (section)

===Following the mill's closure===
In 1981, the mill was shut down, shortly after the town was sold to the residents.<ref name=schwantes />  Five years later, part of the [[Commercial Historic District (Potlatch, Idaho)|commercial district]] was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="nrhp"/>

After the mill's closure, Potlatch became a [[bedroom community]] for the university towns of [[Moscow, Idaho|Moscow]] and [[Pullman, Washington]].<ref name="seatimes">{{cite web| title= Idaho town seeks to lure gun and ammo makers | url= http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/2018277082.html | publisher= The Seattle Times | first= Nicholas K. | last= Geranios |agency= Associated Press | date= May 24, 2012 | access-date= 2012-05-24}}</ref>

Business and political leaders of Potlatch are making a concerted effort to attract companies involved in the firearms industry; they have set aside {{convert|26|acre}} for such businesses, located on the former site of the mill.<ref name="spoke">[http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/nov/13/field-reports-ammunition-company-moves-to-potlatch/ Field reports: Ammunition company moves to Potlatch] from ''The Spokesman-Review''. {{Retrieved | accessdate=2012-05-24}}</ref> Approximately a mile (1.6&nbsp;km) west of the mill, State Highway 6 connects with [[U.S. Route 95 in Idaho|U.S. Route 95]], Idaho's primary north-south highway.