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Welcome to Ida ...

Ida is located in Page County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ida, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Ida is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ida lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Ida: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Ida ...

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 Texas.

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

Communities near Ida ...

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

  • Luray
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Elkton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Elkton is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,914 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <4>
  • Timberville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Shenandoah
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • New Market
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Mount Jackson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Stanley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Edinburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Madison
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Washington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)

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 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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages 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.

Adding Ida to Our Gazetteer ...

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 (so far) for Ida was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ida post office opened in 1886. The Ida post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ida.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Page, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ida - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Ida area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Ida area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/