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Welcome to Taplin ...

Taplin is located in Nez Perce County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Taplin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Taplin is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Taplin lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Taplin: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Taplin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Taplin - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Taplin ...

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

  • Lewiston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Clarkston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Asotin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Asotin is located in Asotin County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asotin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,292 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Asotin <4>
  • Lapwai
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Lapwai is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lapwai
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lapwai <4>
  • Winchester
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Culdesac
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Waha
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Waha is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waha
  • Anatone
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Slickpoo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Slickpoo is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickpoo
  • Sweetwater
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sweetwater is located in Nez Perce County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Taplin ...

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

Adding Taplin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Taplin post office opened in 1905. The Taplin post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Taplin.

Footnotes ...

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