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Welcome to Toreva ...

Toreva is located in Navajo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Toreva, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1900.

Toreva is 5,910 feet [1,801 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Toreva is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Toreva and travel east, 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 Toreva: 928

Communities near Toreva ...

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

  • Walpi
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpi
    • Walpi is located in Navajo County
  • First Mesa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Mesa
    • First Mesa is located in Navajo County
  • Hano
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hano
    • Hano is located in Navajo County
  • Polacca
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Kykotsmovi Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Oraibi
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oraibi
    • Oraibi is located in Navajo County
  • Wepo Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wepo Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wepo Village
    • Wepo Village is located in Navajo County
  • Hotevilla
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hotevilla - Bacavi
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hotevilla - Bacavi have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hotevilla - Bacavi
    • Hotevilla - Bacavi is located in Navajo County
  • Keams Canyon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Toreva ...

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

Adding Toreva to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Toreva post office opened in 1900.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Toreva.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Navajo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Toreva - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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