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Welcome to Garnet ...

Garnet is located in Riverside County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Garnet, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1930.

Garnet is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Garnet: 760 & 442<3>

Communities Also Named Garnet ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Garnet - they are located in Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ontario and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Garnet ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Garnet ...

Looking for more information about Garnet? 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 Garnet, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Garnet.

Adding Garnet to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Garnet post office opened in 1930.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Garnet.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Riverside, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Garnet - 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 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Garnet area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Garnet 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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