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Welcome to Adelaide ...

Adelaide is located in Minidoka County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Adelaide, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

Adelaide is 4,350 feet [1,326 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Adelaide is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Adelaide lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Adelaide: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Adelaide ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Adelaide - they are located in Arkansas, California, Colorado (2), Georgia (2), Kansas, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Washington.

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

Communities near Adelaide ...

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

  • Burley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Rupert
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Heyburn
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Paul
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Paul is located in Minidoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,464 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paul <4>
  • Acequia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Acequia is located in Minidoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acequia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
  • Minidoka
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Kimama
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kimama is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimama
  • Amalga
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Amalga is located in Minidoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amalga
  • Declo
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Besslen
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Besslen is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Besslen

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Adelaide ...

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

Adding Adelaide to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Adelaide post office opened in 1915. The Adelaide post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Adelaide.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Minidoka, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Adelaide - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Adelaide area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Adelaide area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/