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Welcome to View ...

View is located in Cassia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of View, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

View is 4,230 feet [1,289 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of View is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for View: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named View ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named View - they are located in Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio, Texas, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near View ...

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

  • Burley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rupert
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Heyburn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Paul
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Paul is located in Minidoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paul
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,464 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paul <4>
  • Oakley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Declo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Albion
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Malta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Acequia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Acequia is located in Minidoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acequia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130 people
  • Pella
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Pella is located in Cassia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pella

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for View ...

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

Adding View to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the View post office opened in 1910. The View post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for View.

Footnotes ...

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