Welcome to Abbey ...

So far, we found very little information about Abbey. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Abbey to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Abbey, please Contact Us.

Abbey would have been located within present day Twin Falls County<2>.

The location of Abbey has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Abbey, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1902.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Abbey is 3,600 feet [1,097 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Abbey is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Abbey was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Abbey and travel south, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

The location where Abbey once stood is in the (208) & (986)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Abbey ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Abbey - it's located in Saskatchewan.

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

Communities near Abbey ...

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

• Twin Falls
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Falls
  • Twin Falls is located in Twin Falls County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,411 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Twin Falls <6>
• Jerome
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jerome have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
  • Jerome is located in Jerome County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,106 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jerome <6>
• Filer
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Filer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Filer
  • Filer is located in Twin Falls County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,939 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Filer <6>
• Wendell
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendell
  • Wendell is located in Gooding County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,794 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wendell <6>
• Hagerman
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerman
  • Hagerman is located in Gooding County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 928 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hagerman <6>
• Castleford
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castleford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleford
  • Castleford is located in Twin Falls County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Castleford <6>
• Clover
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
  • Clover is located in Twin Falls County
• Falls City
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Falls City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls City
  • Falls City is located in Jerome County
• Kimberly
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kimberly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberly
  • Kimberly is located in Twin Falls County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,161 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kimberly <6>
• Gooding
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gooding
  • Gooding is located in Gooding County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,543 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gooding <6>

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

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

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

Adding Abbey to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Abbey 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 for Abbey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Abbey post office opened in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Abbey.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Twin Falls County: www.twinfallscounty.org/

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/