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Welcome to Voorhies ...

Voorhies is located in Black Hawk County<1>.

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

Voorhies is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Voorhies: 319

Communities Also Named Voorhies ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Voorhies - they are located in Illinois, Louisiana, Oregon and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Voorhies ...

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

  • Waterloo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Falls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Evansdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Grundy Center
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Hudson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • 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>
  • La Porte City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Reinbeck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Traer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Dysart
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Dike
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dike is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dike
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,267 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dike <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 Voorhies. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Voorhies.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Voorhies ...

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

Adding Voorhies to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Voorhies post office opened in 1900. The Voorhies post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Voorhies.

Footnotes ...

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