Welcome to Lancha Plana ...
So far, we found very little information about Lancha Plana. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Lancha Plana to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lancha Plana, please Contact Us.
Lancha Plana would have been located within present day Amador County<2>.
Lancha Plana was established in 1849.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Lancha Plana is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Lancha Plana was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Lancha Plana was located: 209 & 350<4>
Communities near Lancha Plana ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lancha Plana.
- Ione
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Ione is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
- Former names for Ione:
- Bedbug
- Freeze Out
- Hardscrabble
- Ione City
- Ione Valley
- Jone City
- Jone Valley
- Rickeyville
- Woosterville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <5>
- Jackson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sutter Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Amador City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Camanche Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Camanche Village is located in Amador County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camanche Village
- Valley Springs
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wallace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rancho Calaveras
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Rancho Calaveras is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Calaveras
- Petersburg ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Petersburg is located in Calaveras County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg has also been known as:
- Greasertown
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 Lancha Plana. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lancha Plana.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lancha Plana. 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 Lancha Plana.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lancha Plana. See our Newspapers Page for Lancha Plana.
Adding Lancha Plana to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Lancha Plana 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 Lancha Plana was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Lancha Plana post office opened in 1859. The Lancha Plana post office closed in 1919.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Lancha Plana.
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 Lancha Plana, 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 Amador, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lancha Plana - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 209 code has been Overlayed with the 350 area code. New phone numbers in the Lancha Plana area will be assigned with one of these codes: 209 or 350. As a result, placing a call in the Lancha Plana area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |