Welcome to Fortuna ...So far, we found very little information about Fortuna. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Fortuna to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fortuna, please Contact Us. Fortuna would have been located within present day Yuma County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Fortuna, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896. While the community is gone, the present day location for Fortuna is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Fortuna was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Fortuna, 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. The Area Code where Fortuna was located: 928 Communities Also Named Fortuna ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Fortuna - they are located in California (2), Florida, Missouri, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fortuna. Communities near Fortuna ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fortuna.
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 Fortuna. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fortuna. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fortuna. 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 Fortuna. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fortuna. See our Newspapers Page for Fortuna. Adding Fortuna to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fortuna 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 (so far) for Fortuna was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Fortuna. Footnotes ...
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