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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.

  • Council
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Council have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 <5>
  • New Meadows
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Meadows have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Meadows
    • New Meadows is located in Adams County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Meadows <5>
  • Donnelly
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Donnelly have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnelly
    • Donnelly is located in Valley County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Donnelly <5>
  • Lake Fork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Fork
    • Lake Fork is located in Valley County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Fork <5>
  • Meadows
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rubicon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Roseberry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Tamarack
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Fruitvale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruitvale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 <5>
  • Mesa
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 <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 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 for Lardo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Lardo post office opened in 1889.

We also found Lardo in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lardo.

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 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>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.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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