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Welcome to La Vina ...

La Vina is located in Madera County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of La Vina, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

La Vina is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for La Vina: 559

Communities near La Vina ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for La Vina ...

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

Adding La Vina to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the La Vina post office opened in 1891.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Madera, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around La Vina - 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/