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Welcome to Igloo ...

Igloo is located in Fall River County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Igloo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1944.

Igloo is 3,660 feet [1,116 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Igloo is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Igloo: 605

Communities Also Named Igloo ...

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

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

Communities near Igloo ...

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

  • Edgemont
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Heppner
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Heppner is located in Fall River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heppner
    • Estimated population in 2014: 267 people
  • Rocky Ford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Rocky Ford is located in Fall River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Ford
    • Estimated population in 2014: 6 people
  • Rumford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rumford is located in Fall River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford
  • Marietta
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Marietta is located in Fall River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
  • Ardmore ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ardmore is located in Fall River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ardmore
  • Cascade Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Cascade Springs is located in Fall River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Springs
  • Montrose ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Montrose is located in Sioux County (NE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
  • Erskine
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Erskine is located in Fall River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erskine
  • Dewey
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Dewey is located in Custer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Igloo ...

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

Adding Igloo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Igloo post office opened in 1944. The Igloo post office closed in 1967.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Igloo.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Fall River, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Igloo - 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/