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Welcome to Cantara ...

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

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

Cantara would have been located within present day Siskiyou County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cantara, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cantara is 2,750 feet [838 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Cantara is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

The Area Codes where Cantara was located: 530 & 837<4>

Communities Also Named Cantara ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cantara - it's located in New Mexico.

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

Communities near Cantara ...

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

  • Mount Shasta
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Weed
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Weed is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,668 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weed <5>
  • Dunsmuir
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Castle Crags ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Castle Crags is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Crags
  • McCloud
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Castella
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Sweetbriar
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Sweetbriar is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetbriar
  • Conant ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Conant is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
  • Flume ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Flume is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flume
  • Carrick
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Carrick is located in Siskiyou County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrick

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

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

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

Adding Cantara to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cantara 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 Cantara was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cantara.

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 Cantara, 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 Siskiyou, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cantara - 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 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Cantara area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Cantara 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.