Spirit Lake, Idaho is one of northern Kootenai County’s oldest incorporated communities — a former boomtown born out of the early 20th-century logging industry. More than a century later, this small lakefront city remains one of the most traditionally rooted, civic-minded, and overwhelmingly conservative communities in the entire Panhandle. Below is a full overview of Spirit Lake’s history, civic structure, public-safety services, political profile, and its 2024 presidential