Welcome to Cecilville ...
Cecilville is located in Siskiyou County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Cecilville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.
Cecilville is 2,330 feet [710 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Cecilville is about ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: Cecilville lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Cecilville: 530 & 837<3>
Communities near Cecilville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cecilville.
- Sawyers Bar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Forks of Salmon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Denny ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Denny. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denny
- Denny is located in Trinity County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Denny
- From Cecilville to Denny
- Callahan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Carrville
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Orleans
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Somes Bar
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Etna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Helena ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Helena. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helena
- Helena is located in Trinity County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Helena
- From Cecilville to Helena
- Trinity Center
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
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 Cecilville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cecilville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cecilville. 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 Cecilville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cecilville. See our Newspapers Page for Cecilville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cecilville ...
Looking for more information about Cecilville? 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 Cecilville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cecilville.
Adding Cecilville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Cecilville 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 Cecilville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Cecilville post office opened in 1879. The Cecilville post office closed in 1972.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Cecilville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cecilville - 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 Cecilville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Cecilville 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |