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Welcome to Honcut ...

Honcut is located in Butte County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Honcut, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1856.

Honcut is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Honcut: 530

Communities Also Named Honcut ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Honcut: This one is located in Butte County and the other is located in Yuba County.

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

Communities near Honcut ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Honcut ...

Looking for more information about Honcut? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Honcut, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Honcut.

Adding Honcut to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Honcut post office opened in 1856.

We also found Honcut in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Honcut.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Butte, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Honcut - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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