Welcome to Burdock ...

Burdock is located in Fall River County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Burdock, you might consider that their post office opened in 1919.

Burdock is 3,640 feet [1,109 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Burdock is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Burdock: 605

Communities near Burdock ...

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

• Edgemont
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Edgemont is located in Fall River County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgemont
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 718 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edgemont <3>
• Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Ivanhoe is located in Custer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
  • Estimated population in 2014: 144 people
• Provo
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Provo is located in Fall River County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
  • Estimated population in 2014: 32 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Provo <3>
• Dewey
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Dewey is located in Custer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
• Marietta
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Marietta is located in Fall River County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
• Clifton ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Clifton is located in Weston County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
• Erskine
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Erskine is located in Fall River County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
• Pringle
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pringle is located in Custer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pringle
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pringle <3>
• Cascade Springs
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Cascade Springs is located in Fall River County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Springs
• Spencer ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Spencer is located in Weston County (WY)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burdock ...

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

Adding Burdock to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Burdock post office opened in 1919. The Burdock post office closed in 1967.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Burdock.