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Welcome to Dog Town ...

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

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

Dog Town would have been located within present day Mono County<2>.

Dog Town was established in 1857.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dog Town is 7,050 feet [2,149 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Dog Town is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

The Area Codes where Dog Town was located: 760 & 442<4>

Communities Also Named Dog Town ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Dog Town: This one is located in Mono County and the other is located in Shasta County.

Beyond California, there are 8 communities that are also named Dog Town - they are located in Alabama, Maine, Missouri (2), Montana, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Dog Town ...

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

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

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

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

The official website for Mono County: www.monocounty.ca.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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 Dog Town, 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 Mono, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dog Town - 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 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Dog Town area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Dog Town area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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