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Welcome to Dempsey ...

So far, we found very little information about Dempsey. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Dempsey to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dempsey, please Contact Us.

Dempsey would have been located within present day Bannock County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dempsey, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dempsey is 5,100 feet [1,554 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Dempsey is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Dempsey was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Dempsey was located: 208 & 986<4>

Communities Also Named Dempsey ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Dempsey - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Michigan, Montana, Oklahoma, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Dempsey ...

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

  • Grace
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Inkom
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • McCammon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Downey
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bancroft
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Arimo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Robin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Robin is located in Bannock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robin
  • Bench
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bench is located in Caribou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bench
  • Chesterfield ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Chesterfield is located in Caribou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
  • Soda Springs
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)

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

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

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

Adding Dempsey to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dempsey in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Dempsey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Dempsey post office opened in 1895. The Dempsey post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dempsey.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dempsey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Bannock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dempsey - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Dempsey area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Dempsey area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/