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Welcome to Balls Ferry ...

So far, we found very little information about Balls Ferry. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Balls Ferry to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Balls Ferry, please Contact Us.

Balls Ferry would have been located within present day Shasta County<2>.

Balls Ferry was established in 1868.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Balls Ferry: Named after William Wallace Ball, ferryman and the first postmaster.

Time Zone: The area where Balls Ferry was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Balls Ferry was located: 530 & 837<3>

Communities Also Named Balls Ferry ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Balls Ferry - they are located in Georgia and Ohio.

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

Communities near Balls Ferry ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Balls Ferry to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Balls Ferry in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Balls Ferry was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Balls Ferry.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Balls Ferry, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Shasta, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Balls Ferry area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Balls Ferry area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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