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Welcome to Alvwood ...

Alvwood is located in Itasca County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alvwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Alvwood is 1,380 feet [421 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Alvwood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Alvwood: 218

Communities near Alvwood ...

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

  • Blackduck
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Kelliher
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Tenstrike
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Northome
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Squaw Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Mizpah
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Mizpah is located in Koochiching County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mizpah
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
  • Funkley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Funkley is located in Beltrami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funkley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8 people
  • Dora Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Dora Lake is located in Itasca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora Lake
  • Max
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Shooks
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Shooks is located in Beltrami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shooks

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alvwood ...

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

Adding Alvwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Alvwood 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 Alvwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Alvwood post office opened in 1904. The Alvwood post office closed in 1974.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alvwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Itasca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alvwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/