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Welcome to Fish Rock ...

Fish Rock is located in Mendocino County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fish Rock, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1871.

Fish Rock is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fish Rock: 707 & 369<3>

Communities near Fish Rock ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fish Rock ...

Looking for more information about Fish Rock? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Fish Rock, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fish Rock.

Adding Fish Rock to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fish Rock post office opened in 1871.

We also found Fish Rock in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fish Rock.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Mendocino, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fish Rock - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 707 code has been Overlayed with the 369 area code. New phone numbers in the Fish Rock area will be assigned with one of these codes: 707 or 369. As a result, placing a call in the Fish Rock area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/