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Welcome to Slifer ...

Slifer is located in Webster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Slifer, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1904.

Slifer is 1,140 feet [347 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Slifer: 515

Communities near Slifer ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Slifer ...

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

Adding Slifer to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Slifer post office opened in 1904.

We also found Slifer on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Slifer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Webster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Slifer - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/