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Welcome to Blue Canyon ...Blue Canyon is located in Placer County<1>. The location of Blue Canyon has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Blue Canyon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1867. A typical abbreviation for Blue Canyon: Blue Cyn. (or less commonly used: Blue Canyn. or Blue Cnyn.) Blue Canyon is 4,690 feet [1,430 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Blue Canyon is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Blue Canyon lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Blue Canyon lies within the (530) area code. Communities Also Named Blue Canyon ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Blue Canyon - it's located in Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blue Canyon. Communities near Blue Canyon ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blue Canyon.
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 Blue Canyon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blue Canyon. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blue Canyon. 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 Blue Canyon. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Canyon. See our Newspapers Page for Blue Canyon. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blue Canyon ...Looking for more information about Blue Canyon? 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 Blue Canyon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blue Canyon. Adding Blue Canyon to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Blue Canyon 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 Blue Canyon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Blue Canyon in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Blue Canyon. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Blue Canyon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Placer County: www.placer.ca.gov/ The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/ Footnotes ...
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