Welcome to Lotus ...

Lotus is located in El Dorado County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lotus, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

Lotus is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

The telephone area code for Lotus: (530)

The ZIP code for Lotus: 95651<3>

Websites for Lotus ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.eldoradocounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Lotus, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Lotus ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Lotus - they are located in Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ontario (2) and Texas.

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

Communities near Lotus ...

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

• Folsom
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
  • Folsom is located in Sacramento County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
  • Folsom has also been known as:
  • Folsom City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <4>
• Rocklin
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocklin
  • Rocklin is located in Placer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,159 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocklin <4>
• Auburn
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
  • Auburn is located in Placer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,205 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Auburn <4>
• Placerville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerville
  • Placerville is located in El Dorado County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,077 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Placerville <4>
• Loomis
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loomis
  • Loomis is located in Placer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,844 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loomis <4>
• Kelsey
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsey
  • Kelsey is located in El Dorado County
• Garden Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden Valley
  • Garden Valley is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Garden Valley <4>
• Jayhawk
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jayhawk
  • Jayhawk is located in El Dorado County
• Fornis
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fornis
  • Fornis is located in El Dorado County
• Greenwood
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Greenwood is located in El Dorado County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenwood <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lotus ...

Looking for more information about Lotus? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Lotus, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lotus.

Adding Lotus to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lotus post office opened in 1881.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lotus.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lotus. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for El Dorado County: www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/