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Welcome to Gibbonsville ...

Gibbonsville is located in Lemhi County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gibbonsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1878.

Gibbonsville is 4,570 feet [1,393 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Gibbonsville is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

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

Area Codes for Gibbonsville: 208 & 986<3>

The ZIP code for Gibbonsville: 83463<4>

Communities Also Named Gibbonsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Gibbonsville - it's located in Missouri.

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

Communities near Gibbonsville ...

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

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Gibbonsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gibbonsville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gibbonsville ...

Looking for more information about Gibbonsville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Gibbonsville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Gibbonsville.

Adding Gibbonsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gibbonsville 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 Gibbonsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Gibbonsville post office opened in 1878.

We also found Gibbonsville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gibbonsville.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Lemhi, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gibbonsville - 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 Gibbonsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Gibbonsville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Gibbonsville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Gibbonsville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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