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Welcome to Denverton ...

Denverton is located in Solano County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Denverton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1858.

Denverton is near sea level<2>.

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

Communities near Denverton ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Denverton ...

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

Adding Denverton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Denverton 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 for Denverton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Denverton post office opened in 1858.

We also found Denverton in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Denverton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Solano, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Denverton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/