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Welcome to Cold Fork ...

Cold Fork is located in Tehama County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cold Fork, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

A typical abbreviation for Cold Fork: Cold Frk.

Cold Fork is 1,390 feet [424 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cold Fork: 530 & 837<3>

Communities near Cold Fork ...

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

  • Aiken Gulch ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Aiken Gulch is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken Gulch
    • Former names for Aiken Gulch:
    • Camp Creek
    • Camp Gulch
  • Beegum
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Beegum is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beegum
  • Platina
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rancho Tehama Reserve
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Gas Point ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Gas Point is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gas Point
  • Smithville ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Smithville is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
  • Hooker
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Hooker is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooker
  • Paskenta
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Agland ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Agland is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agland
  • Flournoy
    (21 miles [33.8 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 Cold Fork. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cold Fork.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cold Fork ...

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

Adding Cold Fork to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cold Fork post office opened in 1915. The Cold Fork post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cold Fork.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Tehama, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cold Fork - 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 Cold Fork area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Cold Fork 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/