Welcome to Goldburg ...

Goldburg is located in Custer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Goldburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Goldburg is 6,270 feet [1,911 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Goldburg is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Goldburg: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Goldburg ...

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

Patterson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Patterson is located in Lemhi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson
May
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- May is located in Lemhi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for May <4>
Dickey
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Dickey is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
Leadore
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Leadore is located in Lemhi County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leadore <4>
Junction
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Junction is located in Lemhi County
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Ellis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ellis is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ellis <4>
Challis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Challis is located in Custer County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Challis <4>
Garden City ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Garden City is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Goldburg ...

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

Adding Goldburg to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Goldburg post office opened in 1890. The Goldburg post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Goldburg.

Footnotes ...

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