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Welcome to Tyson Creek Station ...

Tyson Creek Station is located in the Idaho Panhandle.

Tyson Creek Station is located in Benewah County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Tyson Creek Station: Tyson Crk. Sta. (or less commonly used: Tyson Ck. Sta. or Tyson Cr. Sta.)

Tyson Creek Station is 2,740 feet [835 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Tyson Creek Station is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel east from Tyson Creek Station, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Tyson Creek Station: 208 & 986<3>

Communities near Tyson Creek Station ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Tyson Creek Station.

  • Saint Maries
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Bovill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Parkline
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Parkline is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkline
  • Emerald Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Emerald Creek is located in Shoshone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerald Creek
  • Emida
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Emida is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emida
  • Clarkia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Joe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Saint Joe is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joe
  • Calder
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Harvard
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Chatcolet
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Chatcolet is located in Benewah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatcolet

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tyson Creek Station ...

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

Footnotes ...

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