Cocolalla, Idaho
Cocolalla is an unincorporated community in Bonner County, Idaho, United States. Cocolalla is located on the south shore of Cocolalla Lake 12 miles (19 km) south-southwest of Sandpoint. The community is served by U.S. Route 95. Cocolalla has a post office with ZIP code 83813. The meaning of Cocolalla is not clear: one source states it is from a Coeur d'Alene Salish word meaning "very cold"; another source states it is an English derivation of a Coeur d'Alene Salish word meaning “deep water.”
Notable Person
Frank L. VanderSloot, Founder and CEO of Melaleuca.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cocolalla, Idaho
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Native American Placenames of the United States by William Bright, 2004, pg 114
- ^ Article originally in Inland Northwest Land Trust Quarterly Newsletter, Fall 2008, Volume 17, Number 3, pg 8