Avery (Idaho)

Avery (Idaho ) is a small unincorporated community in the St. Joe River Valley in the U.S. state of Idaho belonging Shoshone County. 2010 lived only 68 permanent residents here while it's still in 2000 were 126. However, the population increases in the summer, in the sense that this time of year employee of the U.S. Forest Service and summer homeowners.

From 1909 to 1980, located at 757 meters above sea level village station was the "Pacific Extension" the Milwaukee Road and 1917-1974 Western point of electrified with 3,000 V DC section and from Harlowton, Montana. The track left here the valley of the St. Joe River and led northward on the Northern Bitterroot chain to St. Paul tunnel, which formed at the same time the state's border with Montana. The town was almost destroyed during the Great Fire of 1910. Since the station was used as an evacuation point, it was added in 1984 to the National Register of Historic Places. This single storey wooden building is now used as a community center.

Avery has significance as a resort. Among the available activities include camping, hunting, ATV and snowmobiling, hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, fishing and rafting. The most significant attraction is the fish pond, home to rainbow trout.