Anatone is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Asotin County, Washington. Because it is not tracked by the U.S. Census, a Census population estimate is not available. However the citizens of Anatone perform a population census themselves and update the sign (pictured right) every summer. Anatone is assigned the ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 99401.

Anatone was first settled in 1878 by Daniel McIvor and Charles Isecke. It was named for a Nez Perce woman.
It is a working class agricultural area. Primary crop grown in the area is wheat. No services are available.

As of 2000, an estimated 221 people lived in areas served by the Anatone Post Office, in 167 housing units.
As of January 1, 2010, there are 38 people in the town of Anatone, WA.

Anatone is part of the Lewiston

Lewiston, Idaho

Lewiston is a city in and also the county seat of Nez Perce County in the Pacific Northwest state of Idaho. It is the second-largest city in the northern Idaho region, behind Coeur d'Alene and ninth-largest in the state. Lewiston is the principal city of the Lewiston, ID - Clarkston, WA...

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Idaho

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-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area

Lewiston metropolitan area

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