U.S. Route 95 passes nearby and the community is located about a mile (1.6 km) south of Tensed, which was originally also to be titled Desmet before the name was ordered to be reversed and was subsequently misspelled by the post office.

[3] As of the 2010 census, its population was 145,[4] and its elevation is approximately 2,600 feet (790 m) above sea level.

He worked with the Coeur d'Alène and other native peoples of western North America for most of his life, periodically returning to his chapter based in St. Louis, Missouri.

[7] This region has warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F.

[9] Media related to De Smet, Idaho at Wikimedia Commons