Welcome to Border ...

Border is located in Koochiching County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Border, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

Border is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Border: 218

Communities Also Named Border ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Border - they are located in Alaska, Idaho, Kansas (2), North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Communities near Border ...

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

• Baudette
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Baudette is located in Lake of the Woods County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baudette
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,018 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baudette <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Baudette
  • From Border to Baudette
• Manitou Rapids 11
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitou Rapids 11
• Stratton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stratton
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Stratton
  • From Border to Stratton
• Clementson
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Clementson is located in Lake of the Woods County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clementson
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Clementson
  • From Border to Clementson
• Birchdale
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Birchdale is located in Koochiching County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birchdale
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Birchdale <3>
• Manders
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manders
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Manders
  • From Border to Manders
• Shenston
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenston
• Gameland
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gameland
• Dearlock
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearlock
• North Branch
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Branch
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to North Branch
  • From Border to North Branch

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Border ...

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

Adding Border to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Border post office opened in 1912. The Border post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Border.