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Welcome to Lehigh ...

Lehigh is located in Stark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lehigh, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Lehigh is 2,350 feet [716 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Lehigh is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Lehigh lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Lehigh (for example, toward Hebron), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Lehigh: 701

Communities Also Named Lehigh ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two North Dakota communities named Lehigh: This one is located in Stark County and the other is located in Richland County.

Beyond North Dakota, there are 16 communities that are also named Lehigh - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Lehigh ...

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

  • Dickinson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Richardton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • South Heart
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Gladstone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Taylor
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • New Hradec
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • New Hradec is located in Dunn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hradec
    • Former name for New Hradec:
    • Novy Hradec
  • Lefor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Schefield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Schefield is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schefield
  • Antelope
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Antelope is located in Stark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
  • Belfield
    (23 miles [37 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 Lehigh. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lehigh.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lehigh ...

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

Adding Lehigh to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lehigh post office opened in 1893. The Lehigh post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lehigh.

Footnotes ...

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