Welcome to Timbuctoo ...

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

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

Timbuctoo would have been located within present day Yuba County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Timbuctoo, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1858.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Timbuctoo is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

If Timbuctoo still existed, it would have been in the (530) area code.

Communities Also Named Timbuctoo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Timbuctoo - they are located in Illinois and New Jersey.

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

Communities near Timbuctoo ...

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

• Yuba City
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuba City
  • Yuba City is located in Sutter County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,444 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yuba City <4>
• Grass Valley
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Valley
  • Grass Valley is located in Nevada County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,763 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grass Valley <4>
• Marysville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marysville
  • Marysville is located in Yuba County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,594 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marysville <4>
• Live Oak
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak
  • Live Oak is located in Sutter County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,048 people
• Wheatland
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
  • Wheatland is located in Yuba County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,666 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wheatland <4>
• Nevada City
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada City
  • Nevada City is located in Nevada County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,127 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nevada City <4>
• Browns Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Valley
  • Browns Valley is located in Yuba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Browns Valley <4>
• Lake Wildwood
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Wildwood
  • Lake Wildwood is located in Nevada County
• Penn Valley
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penn Valley
  • Penn Valley is located in Nevada County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Penn Valley <4>
• Bridgeport
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
  • Bridgeport is located in Nevada County

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

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

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

Adding Timbuctoo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Timbuctoo post office opened in 1858.

We also found Timbuctoo in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Timbuctoo.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Yuba County: www.co.yuba.ca.us/

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