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Welcome to Cuprum ...

Cuprum is located in Adams County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cuprum, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Cuprum is 4,290 feet [1,308 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Cuprum is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Cuprum, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Area Codes for Cuprum: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Cuprum ...

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

  • Homestead ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Homestead is located in Baker County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
  • Oxbow
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rubicon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Rubicon is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon
  • Tamarack
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • New Meadows
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Fruitvale
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Pollock
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Meadows
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Meadows is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
  • Cornucopia ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Cornucopia is located in Baker County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
  • Halfway
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cuprum ...

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

Adding Cuprum to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cuprum post office opened in 1897. The Cuprum post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cuprum.

Footnotes ...

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