Welcome to Henry ...

Henry is located in Caribou County<1>.

The location of Henry has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Henry, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1885.

Henry is 6,130 feet [1,868 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Henry is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Area codes for Henry: (208) and (986)<4>

Communities Also Named Henry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Henry - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Colorado (3), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Michigan (2), Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio (3), Ontario, South Carolina (2), South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas, Virginia (3) and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Henry ...

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

• Soda Springs
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soda Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
  • Soda Springs is located in Caribou County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,003 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Soda Springs <5>
• Wayan
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayan
  • Wayan is located in Caribou County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wayan <5>
• Conda
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conda have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conda
  • Conda is located in Caribou County
• Chesterfield ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
  • Chesterfield is located in Caribou County
• Keenan City
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keenan City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keenan City
  • Keenan City is located in Bonneville County
• Caribou City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caribou City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou City
  • Caribou City is located in Bonneville County
• Bancroft
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bancroft have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
  • Bancroft is located in Caribou County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bancroft <5>
• Freedom
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
  • Freedom is located in Caribou County
• Grace
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grace have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
  • Grace is located in Caribou County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 942 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grace <5>
• Freedom
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
  • Freedom is located in Lincoln County (WY)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Freedom <5>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Henry ...

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

Adding Henry to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Henry 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 Henry was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Henry post office opened in 1885.

We also found Henry on a map titled Mobile Oil Map of Idaho (1949).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Henry.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Henry. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/