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Welcome to Carmenita ...

Carmenita is located in Los Angeles County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carmenita, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

Carmenita is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Carmenita ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carmenita ...

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

Adding Carmenita to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carmenita 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 Carmenita was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Carmenita post office opened in 1887.

We also found Carmenita in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carmenita.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Los Angeles, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carmenita - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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