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Welcome to Broadford ...

Broadford is located in Blaine County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Broadford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Broadford is 5,180 feet [1,579 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Broadford is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Broadford: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Broadford ...

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

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

Communities near Broadford ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Broadford ...

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

Adding Broadford to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Broadford post office opened in 1880. The Broadford post office closed in 1891.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Broadford.

Footnotes ...

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