Welcome to Cedar Canyon ...

Cedar Canyon is located in Meade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedar Canyon, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1914.

A typical abbreviation for Cedar Canyon: Cedar Cyn. (or less commonly used: Cedar Canyn. or Cedar Cnyn.)

Cedar Canyon is 2,980 feet [908 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Cedar Canyon is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

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

Area Code for Cedar Canyon: 605

Communities Also Named Cedar Canyon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cedar Canyon - it's located in Idaho.

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

Communities near Cedar Canyon ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Cedar Canyon.

• Opal
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Opal
  • Opal is located in Meade County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 30 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Opal <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Opal
  • From Cedar Canyon to Opal
• Fairpoint
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairpoint have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairpoint
  • Fairpoint is located in Meade County
• Mud Butte
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Butte
  • Mud Butte is located in Meade County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mud Butte <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Mud Butte
  • From Cedar Canyon to Mud Butte
• Zeona
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeona
  • Zeona is located in Perkins County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zeona <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Zeona
  • From Cedar Canyon to Zeona
• Date
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Date have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Date
  • Date is located in Perkins County
• Red Owl
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Owl
  • Red Owl is located in Meade County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Red Owl
  • From Cedar Canyon to Red Owl
• Hoover
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
  • Hoover is located in Butte County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hoover
  • From Cedar Canyon to Hoover

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cedar Canyon ...

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

Adding Cedar Canyon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cedar Canyon 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 for Cedar Canyon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Cedar Canyon post office opened in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cedar Canyon.