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Welcome to Minersville ...So far, we found very little information about Minersville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Minersville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Minersville, please Contact Us. Minersville would have been located within present day Trinity County<2>. We aren't confident of the location of Minersville, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Minersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856. The community was inundated by Trinity Lake. While the community is gone, the present day location for Minersville is 2,370 feet [722 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Minersville is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Minersville was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Minersville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Minersville - they are located in Kansas (2), Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Minersville. Communities near Minersville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Minersville.
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 Minersville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Minersville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Minersville. 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 Minersville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Minersville. See our Newspapers Page for Minersville. Adding Minersville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Minersville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Minersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Minersville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Minersville. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Trinity County: www.trinitycounty.org/ The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/ Footnotes ...
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