Naf, ID

Naf, ID

  • Settled: In 1879, by a stock driver named John Naf, one of the area’s first settlers 
  • Original Name: Clear Creek, but name was changed because another Clear Creek in southern Utah kept getting the town’s mail
  • Origin of Name: Named after the area’s first settler and postmaster, John Naf
  • Notable Features:  At one time Naf had a store, a post office and log school house (moved in 1927 to Bridge) a dance hall, and an LDS Church
  • Location: 62.2 miles (63 minutes) south of Burley on ID-81 E; The Idaho/Utah state line runs along the edge of the mountain; Naf, a small farming community, is in Idaho and Nafton, just across the line into Utah
  • No population figures available for this isolated rural area, spanning Box Elder County, UT and Cassia County, ID Community

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