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Welcome to Nora ...

Nora is located in Latah County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nora, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Nora is 2,670 feet [814 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Nora is ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Nora lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Nora: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Nora ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Nora - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Nora ...

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

  • Moscow
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Genesee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Troy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Potlatch
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Juliaetta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Deary
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Kendrick
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Bovill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Onaway
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Onaway is located in Latah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
  • Howell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Howell is located in Latah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nora ...

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

Adding Nora to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Nora 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 Nora was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Nora post office opened in 1900. The Nora post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nora.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Latah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nora - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 Nora area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Nora 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/