Welcome to Heath ...
So far, we found very little information about Heath. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Heath to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Heath, please Contact Us.
Heath would have been located within present day Washington County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Heath, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Heath is 7,410 feet [2,259 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Heath is about 1½ mile [or 2¼ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Heath was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel west from Heath (for example, toward Richland (OR)), you will soon leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).
The Area Codes where Heath was located: 208 & 986<4>
Communities Also Named Heath ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Heath - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2), Texas and Utah.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Heath.
Communities near Heath ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Heath.
- Council
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Council have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
- Council is located in Adams County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 924 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Council <6>
- Cambridge
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Cambridge is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cambridge <6>
- Halfway
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Halfway is located in Baker County (OR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 297 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halfway <6>
- Richland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
- Richland is located in Baker County (OR)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richland <6>
- Midvale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Midvale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
- Midvale is located in Washington County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midvale <6>
- Robinette ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Oxbow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxbow
- Oxbow is located in Baker County (OR)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxbow <6>
- Fruitvale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitvale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitvale
- Fruitvale is located in Adams County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitvale <6>
- Mesa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa
- Mesa is located in Adams County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mesa <6>
- Homestead ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Homestead is located in Baker County (OR)
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 Heath. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Heath.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Heath. 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 Heath.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Heath. See our Newspapers Page for Heath.
Adding Heath to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Heath in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Heath was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>
X2X - From that list, the Heath post office opened in 1900.
We also found Heath mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Heath.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Heath, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Heath - 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 Heath area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Heath area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <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/ |