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Welcome to Cougar ...

So far, we found very little information about Cougar. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cougar to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cougar, please Contact Us.

Cougar would have been located within present day Siskiyou County<2>.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cougar is 4,850 feet [1,478 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Cougar is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Cougar was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Cougar was located: 530 & 837<4>

Communities Also Named Cougar ...

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

Communities near Cougar ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Cougar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cougar 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 Cougar was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cougar.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cougar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cougar - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Cougar area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Cougar area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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