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Welcome to Chilly ...

Chilly is located in Custer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chilly, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Chilly is 6,310 feet [1,923 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Chilly is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Chilly: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Chilly ...

We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Chilly.

  • Mackay
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Dickey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Dickey is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
  • Alder City ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Alder City is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder City
  • Clayton
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bayhorse ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Bayhorse is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayhorse

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chilly ...

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

Adding Chilly to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Chilly post office opened in 1902. The Chilly post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chilly.

Footnotes ...

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