Welcome to Ida ...Ida is located Ida is located in Grayson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Ida, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. Ida is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Ida lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Ida - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario (3), South Dakota and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ida. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ida. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ida. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ida. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ida. 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 Ida. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ida. See our Newspapers Page for Ida. Looking for more information about Ida? 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 Ida, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ida. We originally found mention of Ida 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 Ida was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Ida in the book titled .<5> X3X - From that list, the Ida post office opened in 1884.
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