Welcome to Tindall ...
So far, we found very little information about Tindall. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Tindall to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Tindall, please Contact Us.
Tindall would have been located within present day Owyhee County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Tindall, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Tindall is 5,140 feet [1,567 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Tindall is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Tindall was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Tindall and travel south, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).
The Area Codes where Tindall was located: 208 & 986<4>
Communities Also Named Tindall ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Tindall - they are located in Michigan, Missouri, Montana, South Carolina and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Tindall.
Communities near Tindall ...
We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Tindall.
- Riddle
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Wickahoney ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Wickahoney. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickahoney
- Wickahoney is located in Owyhee County
- Buncel Place ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buncel Place
- Buncel Place is located in Owyhee County
- Owyhee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
- Owyhee is located in Elko County (NV)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owyhee <6>
- Mountain City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
- Mountain City is located in Elko County (NV)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain City <6>
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 Tindall. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tindall.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Tindall. 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 Tindall.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Tindall. See our Newspapers Page for Tindall.
Adding Tindall to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Tindall 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 for Tindall was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Tindall post office opened in 1907.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Tindall.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Owyhee County: www.owyheecounty.net/
The official website for State of Idaho: https://idaho.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tindall, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tindall - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 Tindall area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Tindall area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |