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Welcome to Armstrong ...

Armstrong is located in Whitman County<1>.

Armstrong is 2,280 feet [695 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Armstrong is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Armstrong lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Armstrong: 509

Communities Also Named Armstrong ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 36 communities that are also named Armstrong - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California (2), Delaware, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Texas (3), Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Armstrong ...

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

  • Moscow
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Moscow is located in Latah County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,128 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moscow <3>
  • Colfax
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Palouse
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Potlatch
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Garfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Colton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Uniontown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Onaway
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Onaway is located in Latah County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onaway
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 198 people
  • Shawnee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Shawnee is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
  • Staley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Staley is located in Whitman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Staley

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Armstrong ...

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

Adding Armstrong to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Armstrong 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 Armstrong was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Armstrong.

Footnotes ...

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