Official Name: | Strevell, Idaho |
Pushpin Map: | Idaho#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Strevell |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Idaho##Location in the United States |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Idaho |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cassia |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 5286 |
Coordinates: | 42.0061°N -113.2036°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 83342 |
Area Code: | 208, 986 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 398193 |
Strevell is a ghost town in Cassia County, Idaho, United States,[1] [2] approximately 1miles north of the Utah state line and roughly 23miles south - southeast of Malta. It is located in the Raft River Valley along the former routing of U.S. Route 30S,[3] and later the former routing of Idaho State Highway 81.[4]
Sixty years after the school in the community was closed and year after becoming a ghost town, Strevell made national headlines. On July 14, 1983 a four-year-old girl was abducted from a movie theater in Salt Lake City, Utah. Despite a massive search, the child could not be found. Two days later, the Box Elder County Sheriff's Office in Utah received a call from a biker who reported that he had found the girl sitting in the abandoned school building when he stopped for the night. (The police never suspected the biker had any involvement in the abduction.)[2]