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Welcome to Gross ...

Gross is located in Gem County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gross, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Gross is 3,440 feet [1,049 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Gross is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Gross (for example, toward Huntington (OR)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Area Codes for Gross: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Gross ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Gross - they are located in Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Gross ...

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

  • Cascade
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Crane ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Crane is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
  • Ola
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Belvidere
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Belvidere is located in Valley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
  • Indian Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Banks
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Brownlee
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Brownlee is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee
  • Crouch
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Crouch is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
  • Mesa
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Garden Valley
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gross ...

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

Adding Gross to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gross post office opened in 1906. The Gross post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gross.

Footnotes ...

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