Welcome to Edgemont ...So far, we found very little information about Edgemont. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Edgemont to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Edgemont, please Contact Us. Edgemont would have been located within present day Lassen County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Edgemont, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913. While the community is gone, the present day location for Edgemont is 4,030 feet [1,228 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Edgemont is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Edgemont was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Edgemont was located: 530 & 837<4> Communities Also Named Edgemont ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Edgemont: This one is located in Lassen County and the other is located in Riverside County. Beyond California, there are 29 communities that are also named Edgemont - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland (2), Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (3), South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Utah (3), Virginia, Washington and West Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Edgemont. Communities near Edgemont ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Edgemont.
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 Edgemont. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Edgemont. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Edgemont. 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 Edgemont. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Edgemont. See our Newspapers Page for Edgemont. Adding Edgemont to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Edgemont 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 Edgemont was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Edgemont. Footnotes ...
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