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Welcome to Continental ...So far, we found very little information about Continental. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Continental to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Continental, please Contact Us. Continental would have been located within present day Pima County<2>. The location of Continental has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Continental, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917. While the community is gone, the present day location for Continental is 2,860 feet [872 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Continental is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Continental was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time If Continental still existed, it would have been in the (520) area code. Communities Also Named Continental ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Continental - they are located in Ohio and Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Continental. Communities near Continental ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Continental.
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 Continental. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Continental. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Continental. 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 Continental. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Continental. See our Newspapers Page for Continental. Adding Continental to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Continental 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 Continental was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Continental on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1951). For more details, see References and Mentions for Continental. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Pima County: www.co.pima.az.us/ The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/ Footnotes ...
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