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Welcome to Tacna ...

Tacna is located in Yuma County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tacna, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Tacna is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Tacna and travel west, you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Area Code for Tacna: 928

The ZIP code for Tacna: 85352<3>

Communities near Tacna ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tacna ...

Looking for more information about Tacna? 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 Tacna, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Tacna.

Adding Tacna to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tacna post office opened in 1888.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tacna.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Yuma, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tacna - 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 Tacna). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Tacna 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/