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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)
  • Cambridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Halfway
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Richland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Midvale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Robinette ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Robinette is located in Baker County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette
  • Oxbow
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Fruitvale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Mesa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Homestead ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Homestead is located in Baker County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead

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 (so far) for Heath was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Heath post office opened in 1900. The Heath post office closed in 1944.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Heath.

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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/