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Welcome to Blue Tent ...

Blue Tent is located in Nevada County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blue Tent, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Blue Tent is 3,130 feet [954 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Blue Tent is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Blue Tent: 530 & 837<3>

Communities near Blue Tent ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blue Tent ...

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

Adding Blue Tent to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blue Tent in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Blue Tent was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Blue Tent post office opened in 1878. The Blue Tent post office closed in 1889.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blue Tent.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Nevada, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blue Tent - 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 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Blue Tent area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Blue Tent 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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