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Welcome to Dove ...

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

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

Dove would have been located within present day San Luis Obispo County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dove is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Dove was located: 805 & 820<4>

Communities Also Named Dove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Dove - they are located in Alabama, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee (2).

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

Communities near Dove ...

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

  • San Luis Obispo
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • El Paso de Robles
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for El Paso de Robles have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Paso de Robles
    • El Paso de Robles is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,521 people
  • Atascadero
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Morro Bay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morro Bay
    • Morro Bay is located in San Luis Obispo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,560 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morro Bay <5>
  • Santa Margarita
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Creston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Templeton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Linne
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linne
    • Linne is located in San Luis Obispo County
  • Paso Robles
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Oak Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Park have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Park
    • Oak Park is located in San Luis Obispo County

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

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

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

Adding Dove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dove 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 for Dove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Dove post office opened in 1889.

We also found Dove in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dove.

The official website for San Luis Obispo County: www.co.slo.ca.us/

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 Dove, 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 San Luis Obispo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dove - 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 805 code has been Overlayed with the 820 area code. New phone numbers in the Dove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 805 or 820. As a result, placing a call in the Dove area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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