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Welcome to Gas Point ...

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

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

Gas Point would have been located within present day Shasta County<2>.

Gas Point was established in 1852.

A typical abbreviation for Gas Point: Gas Pt.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Gas Point is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Gas Point was located: 530 & 837<4>

Going back to its beginning, Gas Point was originally named Janesville. For more information about the names of Gas Point, see The Names of Gas Point on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Gas Point ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Gas Point to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gas Point post office opened in 1875. The Gas Point post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gas Point.

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 Gas Point, 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>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gas Point - 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 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Gas Point area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Gas Point 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/