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Welcome to Ingot ...

Ingot is located in Shasta County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ingot, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Ingot is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ingot: 530 & 837<3>

The community of Ingot was previously named Afterthought. Going back to its beginning, Ingot was originally named Silverton. For more information about the names of Ingot, see The Names of Ingot on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Ingot ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ingot ...

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

Adding Ingot to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ingot post office opened in 1904. The Ingot post office closed in 1940.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ingot.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Shasta, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ingot - 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 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Ingot area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Ingot 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/