Welcome to Elderton ...

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

We've added Elderton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Elderton - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Elderton, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Elderton , we believe that it would have been located within present day Shasta County<2>.

Elderton was established in 1860.

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

Elderton would have been located in the (530) area code.

Communities Also Named Elderton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Elderton - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Adding Elderton to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Elderton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Elderton post office opened in 1860.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elderton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Shasta County: www.co.shasta.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 Elderton, 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 Shasta, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/