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Welcome to Girvan ...

Girvan is located in Shasta County<1>.

Girvan was established in 1872.

Girvan is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Girvan: 530 & 837<3>

Communities near Girvan ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Girvan ...

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

Adding Girvan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Girvan 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 Girvan was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Girvan in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Girvan.

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Girvan - 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 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Girvan area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Girvan 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.