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Welcome to Poplar ...

Poplar is located in Bonneville County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Poplar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Poplar is 5,020 feet [1,530 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Poplar is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Poplar: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Poplar ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Poplar - they are located in California, Iowa (2), Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana (2), North Carolina, Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Poplar ...

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

  • Idaho Falls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Rexburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Ammon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ammon is located in Bonneville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,726 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ammon <4>
  • Rigby
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Rigby is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rigby
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,430 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rigby <4>
  • Iona
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Iona is located in Bonneville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,441 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Iona <4>
  • Sugar City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Ucon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Ucon is located in Bonneville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ucon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,172 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ucon <4>
  • Menan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Menan is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menan <4>
  • Teton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Ririe
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Ririe is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ririe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 694 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ririe <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Poplar ...

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

Adding Poplar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Poplar 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 (so far) for Poplar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Poplar post office opened in 1894. The Poplar post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Poplar.

Footnotes ...

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