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Welcome to Bayview ...

Bayview is located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Bayview is located in Kootenai County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bayview, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Bayview is 2,090 feet [637 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bayview lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Bayview and travel east, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Bayview: 208 & 986<3>

The ZIP code for Bayview: 83803<4>

Communities Also Named Bayview ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 30 communities that are also named Bayview - they are located in California, Connecticut, Florida (2), Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota (2), New York (3), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario (4), Oregon, Prince Edward Island, Tennessee (2), Texas (3), Virginia (2) and Washington.

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

Communities near Bayview ...

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

  • Hayden
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Hayden is located in Kootenai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,713 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hayden <5>
  • Rathdrum
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Spirit Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Dalton Gardens
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Dover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Athol
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Hayden Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Belmont
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Belmont is located in Kootenai County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
  • Careywood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Creek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cedar Creek is located in Bonner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bayview ...

Looking for more information about Bayview? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Bayview, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Bayview.

Adding Bayview to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bayview 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 Bayview was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Bayview post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bayview.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Kootenai, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bayview - 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 Bayview area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Bayview area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Bayview). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Bayview or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/