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Welcome to Lardo ...

So far, we found very little information about Lardo. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Lardo to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lardo, please Contact Us.

Lardo would have been located within present day Valley County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lardo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Time Zone: The area where Lardo was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

The Area Codes where Lardo was located: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Lardo ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Lardo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lardo in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Lardo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lardo post office opened in 1889. The Lardo post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lardo.

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 Lardo, 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 Valley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 Lardo area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Lardo 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/