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Welcome to Huff ...

Huff is located in Morton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Huff, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

Huff is 1,650 feet [503 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Huff (for example, toward Kenel (SD)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Huff: 701

Communities Also Named Huff ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Huff - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Texas (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Huff ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Huff ...

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

Adding Huff to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Huff post office opened in 1911. The Huff post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Huff.

Footnotes ...

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