Welcome to Inspiration ...

Inspiration is located in Gila County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Inspiration, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.

Inspiration is 3,920 feet [1,195 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Inspiration is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Inspiration lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Communities near Inspiration ...

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

• Globe
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Globe is located in Gila County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,382 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Globe <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Globe
  • From Inspiration to Globe
• Superior
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Superior is located in Pinal County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Superior
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,232 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Superior <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Superior
  • From Inspiration to Superior
• Copper Hill ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Copper Hill is located in Gila County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Copper Hill
  • From Inspiration to Copper Hill
• Pinal
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Pinal is located in Gila County
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pinal
  • From Inspiration to Pinal
• Top-of-the-World
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Top-of-the-World is located in Gila County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Top-of-the-World
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Top-of-the-World
  • From Inspiration to Top-of-the-World
• Cutter
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Cutter is located in Gila County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutter
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Cutter
  • From Inspiration to Cutter
• Silver King ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Silver King is located in Pinal County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver King
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Silver King
  • From Inspiration to Silver King
• McMillenville ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • McMillenville is located in Gila County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMillenville
  • McMillenville has also been known as:
  • McMillanville
  • McMillianville
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to McMillenville
  • From Inspiration to McMillenville
• Pinal ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pinal is located in Pinal County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinal
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pinal
  • From Inspiration to Pinal
• Riverside
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Riverside is located in Pinal County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Riverside
  • From Inspiration to Riverside

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Inspiration ...

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

Adding Inspiration to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Inspiration 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 Inspiration was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Inspiration post office opened in 1917. The Inspiration post office closed in 1983.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Inspiration.