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Welcome to Larabee ...

Larabee is located in Humboldt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Larabee, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1921.

Larabee is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Larabee: 707 & 369<3>

Communities Also Named Larabee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Larabee - they are located in Louisiana and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Larabee ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Larabee ...

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

Adding Larabee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Larabee 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 Larabee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Larabee post office opened in 1921.

We also found Larabee in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Larabee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Humboldt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Larabee - 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 Larabee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 707 or 369. As a result, placing a call in the Larabee 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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/