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Welcome to Joseph City ...

Joseph City is located in Navajo County<1>.

Joseph City was established in 1876.

Joseph City is 5,000 feet [1,524 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Joseph City is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Joseph City and travel east, you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Area Code for Joseph City: 928

The ZIP code for Joseph City: 86032<3>

Communities near Joseph City ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Joseph City ...

Looking for more information about Joseph City? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Joseph City, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Joseph City.

Adding Joseph City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Joseph City post office opened in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Joseph City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Navajo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Joseph City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Joseph City). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Joseph City or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/