Stites, ID

Stites is a city in Idaho County, Idaho, United States. The 2020 census counted 171 residents. In the lower canyon of the South Fork of the Clearwater River, it is about four miles upstream and south of Kooskia on State Highway 13. Stites was named for Jacob Stites of New Jersey, who homesteaded the land in 1897 which became the city. Stites makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap. The useful thing to know about Stites is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place. He sold two years later and exercised his option to name it. Stites includes the original highway bridge that crossed the Salmon River.