Welcome to Cedar (aka 'Cedarville') ...

Cedar is located in Mohave County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedar, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

Cedar is 4,450 feet [1,356 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Cedar is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Cedar lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Cedar (for example, toward Needles (CA)), you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Area Code for Cedar: 928

The community of Cedar has also been called Cedarville.

Communities Also Named Cedar ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Cedar - they are located in British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (5), Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (4), Minnesota, Montana, Nevada (3), North Carolina, Oklahoma (2), South Dakota, Texas (2), Utah, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Cedar ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Cedar.

• Wikieup
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wikieup
  • Wikieup is located in Mohave County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wikieup <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Wikieup
  • From Cedar to Wikieup
• Yucca
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yucca
  • Yucca is located in Mohave County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yucca <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Yucca
  • From Cedar to Yucca
• Signal ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Signal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Signal
  • Signal is located in Mohave County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Signal
  • From Cedar to Signal
• Franconia
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Franconia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franconia
  • Franconia is located in Mohave County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Franconia
  • From Cedar to Franconia
• Harris ‑ Historic
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harris. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
  • Harris is located in Mohave County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Harris
  • From Cedar to Harris
• McConnico
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McConnico
  • McConnico is located in Mohave County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to McConnico
  • From Cedar to McConnico

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cedar. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cedar.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cedar ...

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

Adding Cedar to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Cedar post office opened in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cedar.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Mohave County: www.co.mohave.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/