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Stites is a city in Idaho County, Idaho, United States. In the lower canyon of the South Fork of the Clearwater River, it is about four miles (6 km) upstream and south of Kooskia on State Highway 13. The population was 221 at the 2010 census, down from 226 in 2000.

Stites city overview:
Name:	Stites city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Idaho
County:	Idaho County
Elevation:	1,306 ft (398 m)
Total Area:	0.10 sq mi (0.26 km²)
Land Area:	0.09 sq mi (0.24 km²)
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km²)
Total Population:	221
Population Density:	2,494.62/sq mi (959.98/km²)
ZIP code:	83552
Area code:	208
FIPS code:	1677500
GNISfeature ID:	0398187

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History

Stites was named for Jacob Stites of New Jersey, who homesteaded the land in 1897 which became the city. He sold two years later and exercised his option to name it. Stites became the eastern terminus Northern Pacific branch line up the Clearwater in 1900, later the Camas Prairie Railroad’s first subdivision line. It climbed the main river eastward from Lewiston to Kooskia and then turned south to ascend the lower South Fork. The abandoned spur was removed in the 1980s, and the city incorporated in early 1905.

The original highway bridge (1911) that crossed the Salmon River just north of Riggins was replaced in 1936 and moved fifty miles (80 km) north to Stites.

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Geography

Stites is located at 46°5′27″N 115°58′35″W / 46.09083°N 115.97639°W / 46.09083; -115.97639 (46.090, -115.976).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.10 square miles (0.26 km), of which, 0.09 square miles (0.23 km) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km) is water.