Welcome to Girdwood ...
Although we found mention of Girdwood during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Girdwood was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added Girdwood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Girdwood, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Girdwood might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).
Area Codes for Girdwood: 705, 249 & 683<2>
Communities Also Named Girdwood ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Girdwood - they are located in Alaska and Ontario.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Girdwood.
Communities near Girdwood ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Girdwood.
- Amyot
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amyot
- Swanson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swanson
- Dubreuilville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wanda
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wanda
- Franz
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franz
- Goudreau
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goudreau
- Magpie Mine
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Depew
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Depew
- Scully
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scully
- Alden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Girdwood ...
Looking for more information about Girdwood? 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 Girdwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Girdwood.
Adding Girdwood to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Girdwood was mentioned on a train schedule titled Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Girdwood.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Girdwood and then turned west". While Girdwood could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Girdwood as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Girdwood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 705 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 249 or 683. New phone numbers in the Girdwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 705, 249 or 683. As a result, placing a call in the Girdwood area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |