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Welcome to Gorda ...

Gorda is located in Monterey County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gorda, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Gorda is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Gorda: 831

Websites for Gorda ...

Junior League:   www.jlmontereycounty.org/

Communities near Gorda ...

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

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Gorda. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gorda.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gorda ...

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

Adding Gorda to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gorda 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 Gorda was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Gorda post office opened in 1893. The Gorda post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gorda.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Monterey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gorda - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/