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Welcome to Pantano ...

Pantano is located in Pima County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pantano, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Pantano is 3,550 feet [1,082 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Pantano is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Pantano: 520

Communities near Pantano ...

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

  • Benson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Vail
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Mescal
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Mescal is located in Cochise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mescal
  • Corona de Tucson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Corona de Tucson is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona de Tucson
  • Esmond
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Esmond is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond
  • Whetstone
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Whetstone is located in Cochise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whetstone
  • Helvetia ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Helvetia is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helvetia
  • Pomerene
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Wilmot
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilmot is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmot
  • Greaterville ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Greaterville is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greaterville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pantano ...

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

Adding Pantano to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pantano 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 Pantano was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pantano post office opened in 1880. The Pantano post office closed in 1952.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pantano.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Pima, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pantano - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/