Welcome to North Rim ...

North Rim is located in Coconino County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Rim, you might consider that their post office opened in 1947.

A typical abbreviation for North Rim: N. Rim

North Rim is 8,290 feet [2,527 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of North Rim is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for North Rim: 928

The ZIP code for North Rim: 86052<3>

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Rim ...

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

Adding North Rim to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the North Rim post office opened in 1947.

We also found North Rim on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Rim.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Coconino, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around North Rim - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>	ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as North Rim). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether North Rim or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/