Welcome to Lund ...

Lund is located in Caribou County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lund, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

Lund is 5,500 feet [1,676 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Lund is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Telephone area codes for Lund: (208) and (986)<4>

Communities Also Named Lund ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Lund - they are located in British Columbia, California, Kansas (2), Nevada, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Lund ...

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

• Soda Springs
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soda Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <5>
• Grace
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grace have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <5>
• McCammon
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • 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
  (18 miles [29 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 <5>
• Lava Hot Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lava Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava Hot Springs
  • Lava Hot Springs is located in Bannock County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lava Hot Springs <5>
• Bancroft
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bancroft have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <5>
• Arimo
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • 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>
• Bench
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bench
  • Bench is located in Caribou County
• Chesterfield ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
  • Chesterfield is located in Caribou County
• Robin
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin
  • Robin is located in Bannock 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 Lund. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lund.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lund ...

Looking for more information about Lund? 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 Lund, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lund.

Adding Lund to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lund 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 Lund was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lund post office opened in 1898.

We also found Lund on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Idaho (1925).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lund.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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