Do you know of Centinela ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Centinela. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Centinela.<1>

Our sources for Centinela (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Centinela other than they indicate that Centinela would be found somewhere in Los Angeles County, California.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1895.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Centinela ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Centinela:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Centinela - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

The FIPS database contains an entry for Centinela.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 06/12424   (Place Name: Centinela)

County: Los Angeles     (FIPS State/County: 06/037)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Centinela) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Los Angeles County.