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Welcome to La Jota ...

La Jota is located in Napa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of La Jota, you might consider that their post office opened in 1923.

La Jota is 1,760 feet [536 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for La Jota: 707 & 369<3>

Communities near La Jota ...

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

  • Santa Rosa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Sonoma
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Saint Helena
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Calistoga
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Yountville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Rutherford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Oakville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Woodleaf
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Woodleaf is located in Napa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodleaf
  • Las Putas ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Las Putas is located in Napa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Putas
  • Spanish Flat
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for La Jota ...

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

Adding La Jota to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the La Jota post office opened in 1923. The La Jota post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for La Jota.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Napa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around La Jota - 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 707 code has been Overlayed with the 369 area code. New phone numbers in the La Jota area will be assigned with one of these codes: 707 or 369. As a result, placing a call in the La Jota 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/