Welcome to Igloo ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Igloo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Igloo is near sea level<1>.

Time Zone: Igloo lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Igloo: 907

Communities Also Named Igloo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Igloo - it's located in South Dakota.

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

Adding Igloo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Igloo 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 Igloo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Igloo post office opened in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Igloo.

Footnotes ...

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Igloo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/