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Welcome to Sombrero Butte ...

Sombrero Butte is located in Pinal County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sombrero Butte, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1919.

Sombrero Butte is 4,070 feet [1,241 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Sombrero Butte is about ¾ mile [or 1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Communities near Sombrero Butte ...

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

  • Mammoth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • North Mammoth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Mammoth
    • North Mammoth is located in Pinal County
  • Klondyke ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondyke
    • Klondyke is located in Graham County
  • San Manuel
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Campo Bonito ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campo Bonito
    • Campo Bonito is located in Pinal County
  • Oracle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Dudleyville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dudleyville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
    • Dudleyville is located in Pinal County
  • Winkelman
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Lemmon
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Summerhaven
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerhaven
    • Summerhaven is located in Pima County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sombrero Butte ...

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

Adding Sombrero Butte to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sombrero Butte post office opened in 1919.

We also found Sombrero Butte on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sombrero Butte.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Pinal, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sombrero Butte - 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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