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Welcome to Hetch Hetchy Junction ...

Hetch Hetchy Junction is located in Tuolumne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hetch Hetchy Junction, you might consider that their post office opened in 1926.

A typical abbreviation for Hetch Hetchy Junction: Hetch Hetchy Jct. (or less commonly used: Hetch Hetchy Jctn.)

Hetch Hetchy Junction is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Hetch Hetchy Junction: 209 & 350<3>

Websites for Hetch Hetchy Junction ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.tcchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Hetch Hetchy Junction, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Hetch Hetchy Junction ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hetch Hetchy Junction.

  • Oakdale
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Oakdale is located in Stanislaus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakdale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,228 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakdale <4>
  • Waterford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Sonora
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Angels
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Angels is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,963 people
  • Angels City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Angels City is located in Calaveras County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angels City
  • Chinese Camp
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Yosemite Junction
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Yosemite Junction is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yosemite Junction
  • Jacksonville ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jacksonville is located in Tuolumne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
  • The Shores of Poker Flat
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • La Grange
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hetch Hetchy Junction ...

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

Adding Hetch Hetchy Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hetch Hetchy Junction post office opened in 1926. The Hetch Hetchy Junction post office closed in 1930.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hetch Hetchy Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Tuolumne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hetch Hetchy Junction - 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 209 code has been Overlayed with the 350 area code. New phone numbers in the Hetch Hetchy Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 209 or 350. As a result, placing a call in the Hetch Hetchy Junction 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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