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Welcome to Canfield ...

Canfield is located in Idaho County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Canfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Canfield is 4,210 feet [1,283 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Canfield is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

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

Area Codes for Canfield: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Canfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Canfield - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Canfield ...

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

  • Grangeville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cottonwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • White Bird
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Copperville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Copperville is located in Idaho County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperville
  • Boles
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Boles is located in Idaho County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
  • Fenn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Keuterville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Mount Idaho
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Mount Idaho is located in Idaho County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Idaho
  • Shells Lick
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Shells Lick is located in Idaho County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shells Lick
  • Greencreek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Greencreek is located in Idaho County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencreek

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Canfield ...

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

Adding Canfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Canfield in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Canfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Canfield post office opened in 1900. The Canfield post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Canfield.

Footnotes ...

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