RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of California >> Amador County >> ElectraIndex...

Welcome to Electra ...

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

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

Electra would have been located within present day Amador County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Electra, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Electra is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Electra was located: 209 & 350<4>

Communities Also Named Electra ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Electra - they are located in Florida, Kansas and Texas.

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

Communities near Electra ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Electra to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Electra 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 Electra was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Electra post office opened in 1900. The Electra post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Electra.

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 Electra, 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 Amador, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Electra - 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 209 code has been Overlayed with the 350 area code. New phone numbers in the Electra area will be assigned with one of these codes: 209 or 350. As a result, placing a call in the Electra 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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