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Welcome to Guernsey ...

Guernsey is located in Kings County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Guernsey, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

Guernsey is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Guernsey: 559 & 357<3>

Communities Also Named Guernsey ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Guernsey - they are located in Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Guernsey ...

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

  • Visalia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Tulare
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tulare
    • Tulare is located in Tulare County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,797 people
    • Tulare has also been known as:
    • Tulare City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tulare <4>
  • Hanford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Lemoore
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Corcoran
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Home Garden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Garden
    • Home Garden is located in Kings County
  • Armona
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Waukena
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Stratford
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Hardwick
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardwick
    • Hardwick is located in Kings County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Guernsey ...

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

Adding Guernsey to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Guernsey 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 Guernsey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Guernsey post office opened in 1898. The Guernsey post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Guernsey.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Kings, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Guernsey - 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 559 code has been Overlayed with the 357 area code. New phone numbers in the Guernsey area will be assigned with one of these codes: 559 or 357. As a result, placing a call in the Guernsey 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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