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Welcome to Lumpkin ...

So far, we found very little information about Lumpkin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Lumpkin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lumpkin, please Contact Us.

Lumpkin would have been located within present day Butte County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lumpkin, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lumpkin is 3,580 feet [1,091 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Lumpkin is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Lumpkin was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Lumpkin was located: 530

Communities Also Named Lumpkin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Lumpkin - they are located in Alabama and Georgia (2).

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

Communities near Lumpkin ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Lumpkin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lumpkin post office opened in 1886.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lumpkin.

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 Lumpkin, 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 Butte, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lumpkin - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/