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Welcome to Pinta ...

Pinta is located in Apache County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pinta, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Pinta is 5,500 feet [1,676 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Pinta is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel east from Pinta, 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 Pinta: 928

Communities Also Named Pinta ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pinta - it's located in Georgia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pinta.

Communities near Pinta ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Pinta.

  • Adamana ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Adamana is located in Apache County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamana
  • Chambers
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sanders
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Wide Ruins
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Wide Ruins is located in Apache County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wide Ruins
  • Sun Valley
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Houck
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Klagetoh
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Klagetoh is located in Apache County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klagetoh
  • Pine Springs
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Allentown
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Allentown is located in Apache County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pinta. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pinta.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pinta ...

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

Adding Pinta to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pinta post office opened in 1902. The Pinta post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pinta.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Apache, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pinta - 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/