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Welcome to Ford ...

Ford is located in Warren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Ford is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Ford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Ford - they are located in Colorado, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri, Montana (2), New Jersey, New Mexico, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Ford ...

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

  • Des Moines
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Altoona
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Indianola
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Norwalk
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Pleasant Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bondurant
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Knoxville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Windsor Heights
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Carlisle
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Mitchellville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ford ...

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

Adding Ford to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ford post office opened in 1880. The Ford post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Warren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ford - 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/