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Welcome to Grapevine ...

Grapevine is located in Kern County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grapevine, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1923.

Grapevine is 1,490 feet [454 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Grapevine: 661

Communities Also Named Grapevine ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Grapevine - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky (2), Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Grapevine ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grapevine ...

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

Adding Grapevine to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Grapevine post office opened in 1923.

We also found Grapevine mentioned on a train schedule titled Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grapevine.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Kern, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grapevine - 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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