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Welcome to Gorby ...

Gorby is located in Izard County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gorby, you might consider that their post office opened in 1923.

Gorby is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Gorby lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Gorby: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Gorby ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Gorby - it's located in Ohio.

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

Communities near Gorby ...

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

  • Mountain View
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Horseshoe Bend
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Melbourne
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Calico Rock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Oxford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Oxford is located in Izard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
  • Norfork
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Salesville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Briarcliff
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
  • Pineville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Franklin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gorby ...

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

Adding Gorby to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gorby 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 (so far) for Gorby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Gorby post office opened in 1923. The Gorby post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gorby.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Izard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gorby - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Gorby area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Gorby area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/