Welcome to Hyder ...

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

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

Hyder would have been located within present day Yuma County<2>.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hyder is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Hyder was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

The Area Code where Hyder was located: 928

Communities Also Named Hyder ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Hyder - they are located in Alaska and Manitoba.

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

Communities near Hyder ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Hyder.

• Palomas
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Palomas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palomas
  • Palomas is located in Yuma County
• Aztec
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aztec
  • Aztec is located in Yuma County
• Camp Horn ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Horn
  • Camp Horn is located in Yuma County
• Dateland
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dateland
  • Dateland is located in Yuma County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dateland <5>
• Kofa ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kofa. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kofa
  • Kofa is located in Yuma County
• Harqua ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harqua. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harqua
  • Harqua is located in Maricopa County
• Theba
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Theba
  • Theba is located in Maricopa County
• Norton
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Norton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
  • Norton is located in Yuma County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hyder. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hyder.

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

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

Adding Hyder to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hyder 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 Hyder was mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hyder.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Yuma County: www.co.yuma.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/