Welcome to Date ...

Date is located in Perkins County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Date, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Date is 2,730 feet [832 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Date is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

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

Area Code for Date: 605

Communities Also Named Date ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Date - it's located in Arizona.

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

Communities near Date ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Date.

• Bison
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Bison is located in Perkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 320 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bison <3>
• Strool
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Strool is located in Perkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strool
  • Estimated population in 2014: 52 people
• Prairie City
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Prairie City is located in Perkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prairie City
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 23 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prairie City <3>
• Zeona
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Zeona is located in Perkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zeona
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zeona <3>
• Cedar Canyon
  (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Canyon is located in Meade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Canyon
• Reva
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Reva is located in Harding County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reva
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reva <3>
• Meadow
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Meadow is located in Perkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meadow <3>
• Mud Butte
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Mud Butte is located in Meade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mud Butte
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mud Butte <3>
• Lodgepole
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Lodgepole is located in Perkins County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodgepole
  • Estimated population in 2014: 35 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lodgepole <3>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Date ...

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

Adding Date to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Date post office opened in 1900. The Date post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Date.