Welcome to Rea ...

Rea is located in Fremont County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rea, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Rea is 6,380 feet [1,945 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Rea is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Rea: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Rea ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Rea - they are located in Iowa, Manitoba, Michigan, Missouri, Ontario and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Rea ...

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

• Island Park
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Island Park is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Park
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Island Park <4>
• Macks Inn
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Macks Inn is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macks Inn
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macks Inn <4>
• Box Canyon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Box Canyon is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Box Canyon
• Lakeview
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Lakeview is located in Beaverhead County (MT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
• West Yellowstone
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • West Yellowstone is located in Gallatin County (MT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Yellowstone
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,372 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Yellowstone <4>
• Kilgore
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Kilgore is located in Clark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kilgore
• Warm River
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Warm River is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warm River
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3 people
• Ashton
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Ashton is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,042 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashton <4>
• Marysville
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Marysville is located in Fremont County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
• Yellowstone National Park
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Yellowstone National Park is located in Park County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone National Park

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rea ...

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

Adding Rea to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rea post office opened in 1898. The Rea post office closed in 1944.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rea.