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Welcome to Tabor ...

Tabor is located in Polk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tabor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Tabor is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Tabor: 218

Communities Also Named Tabor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Tabor - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee (3), Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Tabor ...

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

  • Grand Forks
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • East Grand Forks
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Warren
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Argyle
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Fisher
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Fisher is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
  • Manvel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Manvel is located in Grand Forks County (ND)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manvel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manvel <3>
  • Alvarado
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Alvarado is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvarado
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
  • Oslo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Oslo is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oslo <3>
  • Euclid
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Euclid is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
  • Mallory
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Mallory is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mallory

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tabor ...

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

Adding Tabor to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tabor post office opened in 1889. The Tabor post office closed in 1944.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tabor.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tabor - 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/