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Welcome to Cream Can Junction ...

Cream Can Junction is located in Blaine County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Cream Can Junction: Cream Can Jct. (or less commonly used: Cream Can Jctn.)

Cream Can Junction is 4,640 feet [1,414 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Cream Can Junction is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Cream Can Junction: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Cream Can Junction ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Cream Can Junction.

  • Minidoka
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Acequia
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Acequia is located in Minidoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acequia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
  • Kimama
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Kimama is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimama
  • Coffee Point
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Coffee Point is located in Bingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Point
  • Rupert
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Aberdeen
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • American Falls
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Amalga
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Amalga is located in Minidoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amalga
  • Paul
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Paul is located in Minidoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,464 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paul <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cream Can Junction ...

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

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 Cream Can Junction - 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 Cream Can Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Cream Can Junction 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.