Welcome to Banta ...
Banta is located in San Joaquin County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Banta, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.
Banta is near sea level<2>.
Time Zone: Banta lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Banta: 209 & 350<3>
Communities Also Named Banta ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Banta - it's located in Indiana.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Banta.
Communities near Banta ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Banta.
- Stockton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Tracy
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Manteca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Lathrop
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ripon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ellis ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ellis have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellis
- Ellis is located in San Joaquin County
- Vernalis
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- French Camp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Manteca Junction
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carnegie ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carnegie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie
- Carnegie is located in San Joaquin County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Carnegie
- From Banta to Carnegie
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 Banta. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Banta.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Banta. 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 Banta.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Banta. See our Newspapers Page for Banta.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Banta ...
Looking for more information about Banta? 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 Banta, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Banta.
Adding Banta to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Banta 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 Banta was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
We also found Banta in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Banta.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Joaquin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Banta - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <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 209 code has been Overlayed with the 350 area code. New phone numbers in the Banta area will be assigned with one of these codes: 209 or 350. As a result, placing a call in the Banta area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |