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Welcome to Bone ...

Bone is located in Bonneville County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bone, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Bone: Named after Orion G. Bone, an early settler.

Bone is 6,070 feet [1,850 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Bone is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Bone: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Bone ...

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

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

Communities near Bone ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bone ...

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

Adding Bone to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bone post office opened in 1917. The Bone post office closed in 1950.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bone.

Footnotes ...

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