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Welcome to Hale ...

Hale is located in Yuma County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Hale is 3,600 feet [1,097 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Hale is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Hale lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Hale (for example, toward Bird City (KS)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Hale: 970 & 748<3>

Communities Also Named Hale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Colorado communities named Hale: This one is located in Yuma County and the other is located in Arapahoe County.

Beyond Colorado, there are 29 communities that are also named Hale - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), British Columbia, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Hale ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hale ...

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

Adding Hale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hale 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 Hale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Hale post office opened in 1890. The Hale post office closed in 1984.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Yuma, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hale - 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 970 code has been Overlayed with the 748 area code. New phone numbers in the Hale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Hale 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/