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Welcome to Slacks Corner ...

Slacks Corner is located in Owyhee County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Slacks Corner: Slacks Cor. (or less commonly used: Slacks Crn.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Slacks Corner for more information about variations on the name of Slacks Corner.

Slacks Corner is 6,390 feet [1,948 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Slacks Corner is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Slacks Corner: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Slacks Corner ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Slacks Corner - it's located in Maryland.

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

Communities near Slacks Corner ...

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

  • Jordan Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Silver City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • De Lamar ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • De Lamar is located in Owyhee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Lamar
  • Empire City ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Empire City is located in Owyhee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire City
  • Murphy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sheaville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Sheaville is located in Malheur County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheaville
  • Oreana
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Oreana is located in Owyhee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreana
  • Walters Ferry
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Walters Ferry is located in Canyon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walters Ferry
  • Swan Falls
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Swan Falls is located in Ada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan Falls
  • Melba
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Slacks Corner ...

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

Adding Slacks Corner to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Slacks Corner 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 Slacks Corner was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Slacks Corner.

Footnotes ...

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