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Welcome to Standrod ...

Standrod is located in Box Elder County<1>.

Standrod was established in 1892.

Standrod is 5,760 feet [1,756 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Standrod is about 1 mile [or 1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Standrod: 435

Communities Also Named Standrod ...

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

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

Communities near Standrod ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Standrod ...

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

Adding Standrod to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Standrod post office opened in 1909. The Standrod post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Standrod.

Footnotes ...

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