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Welcome to Arling ...

Arling is located in Valley County<1>.

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

Arling is 4,830 feet [1,472 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Arling is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Arling (for example, toward Richland (OR)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Area Codes for Arling: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Arling ...

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

  • McCall
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Cascade
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Donnelly
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Roseberry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Roseberry is located in Valley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
  • Belvidere
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Belvidere is located in Valley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
  • Lake Fork
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Warm Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Warm Lake is located in Valley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm Lake
  • Indian Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Mesa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Council
    (20 miles [32.2 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 Arling. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Arling.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arling ...

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

Adding Arling to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Arling post office opened in 1915. The Arling post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arling.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Valley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arling - 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 Arling area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Arling 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/