 smelterville is a city in shoshone county, idaho, united states. the population was 627 at the 2010 census. smelterville has recently gained prominence in the silver valley, due to the addition of a wal-mart store. the town was named in 1929 by a voice vote of its residents; the other choices were van rena and silver city (already used in southwestern idaho).spokesman-review - how about swellterville? some say townâs name conjures up a bad image - 1996-04-12 ==geography== smelterville is located at  (47.542690, -116.179281),{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=united states census bureau|accessdate=2011-04
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