Welcome to Dempsey ...

So far, we found very little information about Dempsey. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Dempsey to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dempsey, please Contact Us.

Dempsey would have been located within present day Bannock County<2>.

The location of Dempsey has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dempsey, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dempsey is 5,100 feet [1,554 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Dempsey is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Dempsey was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Dempsey still existed, it would have been in the (208) and (986)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Dempsey ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Dempsey - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Michigan, Montana, Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dempsey.

Communities near Dempsey ...

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

• Grace
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
  • Grace is located in Caribou County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 942 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grace <6>
• Inkom
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inkom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkom
  • Inkom is located in Bannock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 910 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inkom <6>
• McCammon
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCammon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <6>
• Downey
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • 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 <6>
• Bancroft
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bancroft have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
  • Bancroft is located in Caribou County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bancroft <6>
• Arimo
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arimo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <6>
• Robin
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin
  • Robin is located in Bannock County
• Bench
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bench
  • Bench is located in Caribou County
• Chesterfield ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
  • Chesterfield is located in Caribou County
• Soda Springs
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soda Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
  • Soda Springs is located in Caribou County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,003 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Soda Springs <6>

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 Dempsey. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dempsey.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dempsey. 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 Dempsey.

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

Adding Dempsey to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dempsey in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dempsey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Dempsey post office opened in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dempsey.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Bannock County: www.co.bannock.id.us/

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