Welcome to Savannah ...

So far, we found very little information about Savannah. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Savannah to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Savannah, please Contact Us.

Savannah would have been located within present day Los Angeles County<2>.

The location of Savannah has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Savannah, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1876.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Savannah is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Savannah was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Savannah ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Savannah - they are located in Georgia, Iowa, Kansas (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Savannah ...

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

• Los Angeles
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Angeles
  • Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,970,219 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Los Angeles <5>
• Anaheim
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anaheim
  • Anaheim is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 353,676 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anaheim <5>
• Glendale
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
  • Glendale is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 197,747 people
  • Former name for Glendale:
  • Tropico
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glendale <5>
• Pomona
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomona
  • Pomona is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 149,212 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pomona <5>
• Pasadena
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pasadena
  • Pasadena is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 141,045 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pasadena <5>
• Fullerton
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullerton
  • Fullerton is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 139,921 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fullerton <5>
• Downey
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downey
  • Downey is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,202 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Downey <5>
• Inglewood
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglewood
  • Inglewood is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 107,203 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inglewood <5>
• West Covina
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Covina
  • West Covina is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,656 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Covina <5>
• Norwalk
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwalk
  • Norwalk is located in Los Angeles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,635 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwalk <5>

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

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

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

Adding Savannah to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Savannah 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 Savannah was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Savannah post office opened in 1876.

We also found Savannah in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Savannah.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Los Angeles County: www.lacounty.info/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/