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Welcome to Strahan ...

Strahan is located in Mills County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Strahan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Strahan is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Strahan: 712

Communities near Strahan ...

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

  • Red Oak
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Glenwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Shenandoah
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Malvern
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Sidney
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Tabor
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Essex
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Farragut
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Emerson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Pacific Junction
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Strahan ...

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

Adding Strahan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Strahan post office opened in 1881. The Strahan post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Strahan.

Footnotes ...

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