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Welcome to Oro Blanco ...

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

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

Oro Blanco would have been located within present day Santa Cruz County<2>.

Oro Blanco was established in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Oro Blanco is 3,960 feet [1,207 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Oro Blanco is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Oro Blanco was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

The Area Code where Oro Blanco was located: 520

Communities near Oro Blanco ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Oro Blanco to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Oro Blanco post office opened in 1879. The Oro Blanco post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oro Blanco.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oro Blanco, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Santa Cruz, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oro Blanco - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/