Welcome to Ford ...

Ford is located in Stevens County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ford, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1912.

Ford is 1,780 feet [543 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

The telephone area code for Ford: (509)

The ZIP code for Ford: 99034<3>

Communities Also Named Ford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Ford - they are located in Colorado, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri, Montana (2), New Jersey, New Mexico, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Ford ...

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

• Deer Park
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Park
  • Deer Park is located in Spokane County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,449 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deer Park <4>
• Reardan
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reardan
  • Reardan is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 621 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reardan <4>
• Springdale
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
  • Springdale is located in Stevens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 520 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springdale <4>
• Long Lake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lake
  • Long Lake is located in Lincoln County
• Tumtum
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tumtum
  • Tumtum is located in Stevens County
• Wellpinit
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellpinit
  • Wellpinit is located in Stevens County
• Clayton
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
  • Clayton is located in Stevens County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clayton <4>
• Clavton
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clavton
  • Clavton is located in Stevens County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clavton <4>
• Grays
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grays
  • Grays is located in Stevens County
• Loon Lake
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
  • Loon Lake is located in Stevens County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loon Lake <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ford ...

Looking for more information about Ford? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Ford, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Ford.

Adding Ford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ford 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 Ford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ford post office opened in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ford.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Stevens County: www.co.stevens.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://wa.gov/