Do you know of El Nido ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about El Nido. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with El Nido.<1>
Our sources for El Nido (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of El Nido other than they indicate that El Nido would be found somewhere in San Diego County, California.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1900.
Communities Also Named El Nido ...
We found three communities that share the name El Nido.
There are two communities within California that are also named El Nido.
Beyond California, there is another community also named El Nido in the United States.
- Communities Located In California ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Virginia
- Fairfax County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of El Nido [Fairfax County].
- Virginia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for El Nido ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about El Nido:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for El Nido - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)
Published by Southern Pacific Railroad
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |