Welcome to Robinson Bar ...

Robinson Bar is located in Custer County<1>.

The location of Robinson Bar has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Robinson Bar, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1876.

Robinson Bar is 5,960 feet [1,817 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Robinson Bar is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Telephone area codes for Robinson Bar: (208) and (986)<4>

Communities near Robinson Bar ...

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

• Stanley
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
  • Stanley is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanley <5>
• Clayton
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
  • Clayton is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clayton <5>
• Bonanza ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
  • Bonanza is located in Custer County
• Custer ‑ Historic
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Custer
  • Custer is located in Custer County
• Bayhorse ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayhorse
  • Bayhorse is located in Custer County
• Galena
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
  • Galena is located in Blaine County
• Sawtooth City
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sawtooth City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawtooth City
  • Sawtooth City is located in Blaine County
• Challis
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Challis have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challis
  • Challis is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,066 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Challis <5>
• Garden City ‑ Historic
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Garden City is located in Custer County
• Boulder ‑ Historic
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder
  • Boulder is located in Blaine County
  • Boulder has also been known as:
  • Boulder Basin

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Robinson Bar. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Robinson Bar.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Robinson Bar ...

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

Adding Robinson Bar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Robinson Bar 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 for Robinson Bar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Robinson Bar post office opened in 1876.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Robinson Bar.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Robinson Bar. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Custer County: www.co.custer.id.us/

The official website for State of Idaho: www.state.id.us/