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Welcome to Buena Vista ...

Buena Vista is located in Amador County<1>.

The pronunciation of Buena Vista: Bwey-na<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buena Vista, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.

Buena Vista is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Buena Vista: 209 & 350<4>

Communities Also Named Buena Vista ...

While we believe that this Buena Vista is located in Amador County, we know of another 7 California communities named Buena Vista. Those communities are located in the following counties: Mariposa, Monterey, Nevada, San Diego, Santa Clara, Sonoma and Tehama County.

Beyond California, there are 87 communities that are also named Buena Vista - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida (4), Georgia (3), Illinois (2), Indiana (4), Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Kentucky (4), Maryland (2), Michigan, Mississippi (3), Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico (5), New York, North Carolina (4), Ohio (5), Oregon, Pennsylvania (6), Saskatchewan, Tennessee (2), Texas (9), Utah (3), Virginia (3), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin (2).

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

Communities near Buena Vista ...

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

  • Ione
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Ione is located in Amador County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
    • Former names for Ione:
    • Bedbug
    • Freeze Out
    • Hardscrabble
    • Ione City
    • Ione Valley
    • Jone City
    • Jone Valley
    • Rickeyville
    • Woosterville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <5>
  • Jackson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sutter Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Plymouth
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Amador City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Oregon Bar ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Oregon Bar is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Bar
  • Campo Seco
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Burson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Wallace
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Martell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buena Vista ...

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

Adding Buena Vista to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Buena Vista 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 (so far) for Buena Vista was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Buena Vista post office opened in 1866. The Buena Vista post office closed in 1878.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buena Vista.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Amador, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Buena Vista. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buena Vista - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Buena Vista area will be assigned with one of these codes: 209 or 350. As a result, placing a call in the Buena Vista area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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