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Welcome to Honeyford ...

Honeyford is located in Grand Forks County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Honeyford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Honeyford is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Honeyford: 701

Communities near Honeyford ...

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

  • Larimore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Minto
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Emerado
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Manvel
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Manvel is located in Grand Forks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manvel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manvel <3>
  • Oslo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Oslo is located in Marshall County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oslo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 323 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oslo <3>
  • Gilby
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Gilby is located in Grand Forks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilby
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 230 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilby <3>
  • Fordville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Forest River
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Ardoch
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Niagara
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Honeyford ...

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

Adding Honeyford to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Honeyford post office opened in 1892. The Honeyford post office closed in 1967.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Honeyford.

Footnotes ...

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