RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of North Dakota >> Morton County >> TimmerIndex...

Welcome to Timmer ...

Timmer is located in Morton County<1>.

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

Timmer is 1,750 feet [533 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Timmer (for example, toward Carson), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Timmer: 701

Communities near Timmer ...

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

  • Flasher
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Solen
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Shields
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Porcupine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Raleigh
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Saint Gertrude
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Saint Gertrude is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Gertrude
  • Saint Anthony
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Lark
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Lark is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lark
  • Cannon Ball
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Fort Rice
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Fort Rice is located in Morton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Rice

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Timmer ...

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

Adding Timmer to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Timmer post office opened in 1911. The Timmer post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Timmer.

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 Timmer - 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/