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Welcome to Cholame ...

Cholame is located in San Luis Obispo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cholame, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Cholame is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cholame: 805 & 820<3>

Communities Also Named Cholame ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Cholame: This one is located in San Luis Obispo County and the other is located in Monterey County.

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

Communities near Cholame ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cholame ...

Looking for more information about Cholame? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Cholame, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Cholame.

Adding Cholame to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cholame 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 Cholame was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Cholame post office opened in 1873.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cholame.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Luis Obispo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cholame - 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 805 code has been Overlayed with the 820 area code. New phone numbers in the Cholame area will be assigned with one of these codes: 805 or 820. As a result, placing a call in the Cholame 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>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/