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Welcome to Dairyville ...

Dairyville is located in Grundy County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dairyville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Dairyville is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Dairyville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Dairyville - they are located in California, Kansas and Missouri.

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

Communities near Dairyville ...

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

  • Waterloo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Cedar Falls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Waverly
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Evansdale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Grundy Center
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hudson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hudson is located in Black Hawk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,473 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <3>
  • Parkersburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Reinbeck
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Shell Rock
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Aplington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dairyville ...

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

Adding Dairyville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dairyville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Dairyville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Dairyville post office opened in 1887. The Dairyville post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dairyville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Grundy, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dairyville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/