Welcome to Donner ...Donner is located in Placer County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Donner, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. Donner is 7,020 feet [2,140 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Donner is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Donner lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Donner: 530 & 837<3> Communities Also Named Donner ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Donner: This one is located in Placer County and the other is located in Nevada County. Beyond California, there are 3 communities that are also named Donner - they are located in Florida and Louisiana. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Donner. Communities near Donner ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Donner.
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 Donner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Donner. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Donner. 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 Donner. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Donner. See our Newspapers Page for Donner. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Donner ...Looking for more information about Donner? 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 Donner, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Donner. Adding Donner to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Donner in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Donner was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Donner. Footnotes ...
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