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Welcome to Auburn ...

The city of Auburn is located in Placer County<1> and is the County Seat for Placer County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Auburn, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1852.

The city was incorporated May 2, 1888.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Auburn has a population of 14,206 people<2> (see below for details).

Auburn is 1,200 feet [366 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Auburn lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Auburn: 530

The ZIP codes for Auburn: 95602-95604<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Auburn had an population of 14,206 people. This is an increase of 6.57% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 13.99% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Auburn had a population of 13,330 people. This makes Auburn the county's 4th most populous community.

The population of Auburn represents 0.04% of the population of California (which has 37,253,956 people), making it the state's 335th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 13,330 people, the population of Auburn increased 6.97% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 12,462 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Auburn.

Communities Also Named Auburn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 46 communities that are also named Auburn - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming (2).

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

Websites for Auburn ...

Official Website:   www.auburn.ca.gov/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.auburnchamber.net/

Communities near Auburn ...

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

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Auburn. Our list includes 18 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Auburn.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Auburn ...

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

Adding Auburn to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Auburn 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 Auburn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Auburn post office opened in 1852.

We also found Auburn in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Auburn.

The official website for Auburn: www.auburn.ca.gov/

The official website for Placer County: www.placer.ca.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Placer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Auburn.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Auburn - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 city (such as Auburn). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Auburn or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).

Our list of ZIP Codes for Auburn includes: 95602, 95603 & 95604.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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