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Welcome to Taber ...

Taber is located in Bingham County<1>.

Taber is 4,720 feet [1,439 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Taber is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Taber: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Taber ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Taber - they are located in Alberta, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Taber ...

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

  • Blackfoot
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Atomic City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Olsen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Olsen is located in Bingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olsen
  • Aberdeen Junction
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Aberdeen Junction is located in Bingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aberdeen Junction
  • Liberty
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Liberty is located in Bingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Moreland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Pingree
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Riverside
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Riverside is located in Bingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
  • Springfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Coffee Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Coffee Point is located in Bingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coffee Point

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Taber ...

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

Adding Taber to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Taber.

Footnotes ...

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