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Welcome to Burke ...

So far, we found very little information about Burke. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Burke to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Burke, please Contact Us.

Burke was located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Burke would have been located within present day Shoshone County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Burke, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Burke is 3,700 feet [1,128 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Burke is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Burke was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Burke (for example, toward Thompson Falls (MT)), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

The Area Codes where Burke was located: 208 & 986<4>

Communities Also Named Burke ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Burke - they are located in California, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Burke ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Burke to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Burke 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 for Burke was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Burke post office opened in 1887.

We also found Burke in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Burke.

The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Burke, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Shoshone, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Burke - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Burke area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Burke area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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