Welcome to Kelly ...
So far, we found very little information about Kelly. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Kelly to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kelly, please Contact Us.
Kelly would have been located within present day Shasta County<2>.
The location of Kelly has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While the community is gone, the present day location for Kelly is 1,530 feet [466 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Kelly was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Kelly would have been located in the (530) area code.
Communities Also Named Kelly ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Kelly - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi (2), Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec (3), South Carolina, Texas, Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin (2) and Wyoming (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kelly.
Communities near Kelly ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kelly.
- Winthrop ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Bully Hill ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bully Hill
- Bully Hill is located in Shasta County
- Montgomery Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery Creek
- Montgomery Creek is located in Shasta County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montgomery Creek <5>
- Pineland ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Wengler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wengler
- Wengler is located in Shasta County
- Copper City ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Copper City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
- Copper City is located in Shasta County
- Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Elizabethtown. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Elizabethtown is located in Shasta County
- Hillcrest
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillcrest
- Hillcrest is located in Shasta County
- Ydaloom ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Big Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Big Bend is located in Shasta County
- Former names for Big Bend:
- Elena
- Henderson
- Indian Springs
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Big Bend <5>
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 Kelly. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kelly.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kelly. 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 Kelly.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kelly. See our Newspapers Page for Kelly.
Adding Kelly to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Kelly 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 for Kelly was mentioned on a train schedule titled San Francisco, Napa & Calistoga Railroad Employees' Time Table #38 (April 1924).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Kelly.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Shasta County: www.co.shasta.ca.us/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
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 Kelly, 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 Shasta, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kelly - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |