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Welcome to Confidence ...

Confidence is located in Tuolumne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Confidence, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Confidence is 4,140 feet [1,262 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Confidence is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Confidence: 209 & 350<3>

Communities Also Named Confidence ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Confidence - they are located in Illinois, Iowa and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Confidence ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.tcchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Confidence, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Confidence ...

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

  • Sonora
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Angels
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Angels is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,963 people
  • Angels City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Angels City is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels City
  • Cedar Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Ridge is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Ridge
  • Long Barn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Mono Vista
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Mono Vista is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mono Vista
  • Phoenix Lake - Cedar Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Soulsbyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Tuolumne Rancheria
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Tuolumne Rancheria is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuolumne Rancheria
  • Tuolumne City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Tuolumne City is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuolumne City

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Confidence ...

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

Adding Confidence to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Confidence post office opened in 1899. The Confidence post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Confidence.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Tuolumne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Confidence - 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 209 code has been Overlayed with the 350 area code. New phone numbers in the Confidence area will be assigned with one of these codes: 209 or 350. As a result, placing a call in the Confidence 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/