Gilmore, Idaho
Gilmore is an unincorporated community in Lemhi County, in the U.S. state of Idaho.[1]
History
A post office called Gilmore was established in 1902, and remained in operation until 1957.[2] The community was named after John T. "Jack" Gilmer, a businessperson in the stage coach industry (a postal error accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected).[3]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gilmore, Idaho
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- Rees, John E. (1918). Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography. W.B. Conkey Company. p. 74.
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