Welcome to Dairy Creek ...

Dairy Creek is located in Oneida County<1>.

The location of Dairy Creek has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dairy Creek, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1918.

A typical abbreviation for Dairy Creek: Dairy Crk. (or less commonly used: Dairy Ck. or Dairy Cr.)

Dairy Creek is 5,680 feet [1,731 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Dairy Creek is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Dairy Creek lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Dairy Creek: (208) and (986)<4>

Communities near Dairy Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dairy Creek.

• McCammon
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCammon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCammon
  • McCammon is located in Bannock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 833 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCammon <5>
• Downey
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downey
  • Downey is located in Bannock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Downey <5>
• Arimo
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arimo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arimo
  • Arimo is located in Bannock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arimo <5>
• Arbon
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arbon
  • Arbon is located in Power County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arbon <5>
• Pauline
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauline
  • Pauline is located in Power County
• Robin
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin
  • Robin is located in Bannock County
• Saint Johns
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
  • Saint Johns is located in Oneida County
• Malad City
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malad City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malad City
  • Malad City is located in Oneida County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malad City <5>
• Pleasantview
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantview
  • Pleasantview is located in Oneida County
• Gwenford
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwenford
  • Gwenford is located in Oneida County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Dairy Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dairy Creek.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dairy Creek. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Dairy Creek.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dairy Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Dairy Creek.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dairy Creek ...

Looking for more information about Dairy Creek? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Dairy Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dairy Creek.

Adding Dairy Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dairy Creek in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dairy Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Dairy Creek post office opened in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dairy Creek.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Dairy Creek. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/