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Welcome to Cerro Grande ...

Cerro Grande is located in Bingham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cerro Grande, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

Cerro Grande is 4,980 feet [1,518 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Cerro Grande is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Cerro Grande: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Cerro Grande ...

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

  • Butte City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Butte City is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
  • Atomic City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Coffee Point
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Coffee Point is located in Bingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Point
  • Olsen
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Olsen is located in Bingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olsen
  • Arco
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Howe
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Liberty
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty is located in Bingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Aberdeen Junction
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Aberdeen Junction is located in Bingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Junction
  • Lost River
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lost River is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
  • Springfield
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cerro Grande ...

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

Adding Cerro Grande to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cerro Grande post office opened in 1915. The Cerro Grande post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cerro Grande.

Footnotes ...

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