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Welcome to Feather Falls ...

Feather Falls is located in Butte County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Feather Falls, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1921.

Feather Falls is 2,980 feet [908 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Feather Falls is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Feather Falls lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Feather Falls: 530

The ZIP code for Feather Falls: 95940<3>

Communities near Feather Falls ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Feather Falls ...

Looking for more information about Feather Falls? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Feather Falls, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Feather Falls.

Adding Feather Falls to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Feather Falls post office opened in 1921.

We also found Feather Falls on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Feather Falls.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Butte, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Feather Falls - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Feather Falls). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Feather Falls or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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