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Welcome to Gridley ...

Gridley is located in Emmet County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gridley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Gridley is 1,260 feet [384 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Gridley: 712

Communities Also Named Gridley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Gridley - they are located in Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi and Missouri.

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

Communities near Gridley ...

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

  • Fairmont
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Estherville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Sherburn
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Armstrong
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Armstrong is located in Emmet County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
  • Graettinger
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bancroft
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Bancroft is located in Kossuth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
  • Welcome
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Swea City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Ringsted
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ceylon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Ceylon is located in Martin County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceylon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 337 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ceylon <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gridley ...

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

Adding Gridley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gridley post office opened in 1900. The Gridley post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gridley.

Footnotes ...

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