Welcome to Grasmere ...
Grasmere is located in Owyhee County<1>.
The pronunciation of Grasmere: GRASS-mere<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Grasmere, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.
Grasmere is 5,080 feet [1,548 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Grasmere is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: Grasmere lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel south from Grasmere, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).
Area Codes for Grasmere: 208 & 986<4>
Communities Also Named Grasmere ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Grasmere - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, Connecticut, Florida, New Hampshire and New York.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grasmere.
Communities near Grasmere ...
We have created a list of 3 communities that are near Grasmere.
- Wickahoney ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wickahoney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickahoney
- Wickahoney is located in Owyhee County
- Buncel Place ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncel Place
- Buncel Place is located in Owyhee County
- Riddle
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
Adding Grasmere to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Grasmere 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 Grasmere was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Grasmere post office opened in 1910.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Grasmere.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Grasmere. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Owyhee County: www.owyheecounty.net/
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 Owyhee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Grasmere. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grasmere - 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 Grasmere area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Grasmere area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |