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Welcome to Holden ...

So far, we found very little information about Holden. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Holden to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Holden, please Contact Us.

Holden would have been located within present day San Joaquin County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Holden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Holden is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Holden was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Holden was located: 209 & 350<4>

Communities Also Named Holden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Holden - they are located in Alberta, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Quebec, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Holden ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Holden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Holden in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Holden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Holden post office opened in 1871. The Holden post office closed in 1871.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Holden.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Holden, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Joaquin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Holden - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Holden area will be assigned with one of these codes: 209 or 350. As a result, placing a call in the Holden area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/