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Welcome to Spink ...

Spink is located in Valley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spink, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Spink is 4,900 feet [1,494 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Spink is about 1 mile [or 1½ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Spink (for example, toward Halfway (OR)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Area Codes for Spink: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Spink ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Spink - it's located in South Dakota.

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

Communities near Spink ...

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

  • McCall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Cascade
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Council
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • New Meadows
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Donnelly
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Roseberry
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Roseberry is located in Valley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roseberry
  • Lardo ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lardo is located in Valley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lardo
  • Meadows
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Meadows is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadows
  • Fruitvale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Rubicon
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Rubicon is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rubicon

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spink ...

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

Adding Spink to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Spink post office opened in 1906. The Spink post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spink.

Footnotes ...

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