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Welcome to Joshua ...

Joshua is located in San Bernardino County<1>.

Joshua is 3,990 feet [1,216 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Joshua is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel east from Joshua (for example, toward Bullhead City (AZ)), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Codes for Joshua: 760 & 442<3>

Communities Also Named Joshua ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Joshua - they are located in Florida, Kentucky, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

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

Communities near Joshua ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Joshua.

  • Mountain Pass
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Nipton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rosalie
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rosalie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosalie
    • Rosalie is located in San Bernardino County
    • Rosalie has also been known as:
    • Valley Wells Station
    • Valley Wells
  • Kelso
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
    • Kelso is located in San Bernardino County
  • Primm
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Kerens ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kerens. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerens
    • Kerens is located in San Bernardino County
  • Glasgow ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glasgow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glasgow
    • Glasgow is located in San Bernardino County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Joshua. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Joshua.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Joshua ...

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

Adding Joshua to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Joshua 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 Joshua was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Joshua.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Bernardino, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Joshua - 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 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Joshua area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Joshua 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.