Welcome to Florence ...

Florence is located in Idaho County<1>.

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

Florence was established in 1863.

Florence is 6,080 feet [1,853 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Florence is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Florence lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Florence (for example, toward McCall), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

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

Communities Also Named Florence ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 63 communities that are also named Florence - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia (2), Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey (2), New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, South Dakota (3), Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Florence ...

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

• Riggins
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riggins
  • Riggins is located in Idaho County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riggins <5>
• Lucile
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucile have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucile
  • Lucile is located in Idaho County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lucile <5>
• Shells Lick
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shells Lick have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shells Lick
  • Shells Lick is located in Idaho County
• Burgdorf
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgdorf
  • Burgdorf is located in Idaho County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burgdorf <5>
• Pollock
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pollock
  • Pollock is located in Idaho County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pollock <5>
• Copperville
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperville
  • Copperville is located in Idaho County
• White Bird
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Bird
  • White Bird is located in Idaho County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Bird <5>
• Warren
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warren have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
  • Warren is located in Idaho County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <5>
• Dixie
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixie
  • Dixie is located in Idaho County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixie <5>
• Mount Idaho
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Idaho have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Idaho
  • Mount Idaho is located in Idaho County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Florence ...

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

Adding Florence to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Florence post office opened in 1871.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Florence.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Idaho County: www.idahocounty.org/

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/