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Welcome to Wildhorse ...

Wildhorse is located in Adams County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wildhorse, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Wildhorse is 2,350 feet [716 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Wildhorse is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Wildhorse (for example, toward Halfway (OR)), you will soon leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Area Codes for Wildhorse: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Wildhorse ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Wildhorse - it's located in Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Wildhorse ...

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

  • Halfway
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Richland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Oxbow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Homestead ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Homestead is located in Baker County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
  • Robinette ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Robinette is located in Baker County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette
  • Jimtown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jimtown is located in Baker County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
  • New Bridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • New Bridge is located in Baker County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
  • Fruitvale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Cambridge
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Cornucopia ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Cornucopia is located in Baker County (OR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wildhorse ...

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

Adding Wildhorse to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wildhorse post office opened in 1907. The Wildhorse post office closed in 1952.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wildhorse.

Footnotes ...

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