Welcome to Darlington ...

Darlington is located in Butte County<1>.

The location of Darlington has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

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

Darlington is 5,600 feet [1,707 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Darlington is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Telephone area codes for Darlington: (208) & (986)<4>

Communities Also Named Darlington ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Darlington - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Jersey, North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Darlington ...

We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Darlington.

• Arco
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arco
  • Arco is located in Butte County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arco <5>
• Mackay
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mackay have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackay
  • Mackay is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mackay <5>
• Moore
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
  • Moore is located in Butte County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moore <5>
• Butte City
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butte City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte City
  • Butte City is located in Butte County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
• Lost River
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
  • Lost River is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 68 people
• Lost River
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost River have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost River
  • Lost River is located in Butte County
• Alder City ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alder City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder City
  • Alder City is located in Custer County
• Howe
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Howe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
  • Howe is located in Butte County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howe <5>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Darlington ...

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

Adding Darlington to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Darlington 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 for Darlington was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Darlington post office opened in 1902.

We also found Darlington mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Darlington.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Darlington. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/