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Welcome to Masonic ...

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

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

Masonic would have been located within present day Mono County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Masonic, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

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

The Area Codes where Masonic was located: 760 & 442<3>

Going back to its beginning, Masonic was originally named Lorena. For more information about the names of Masonic, see The Names of Masonic on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Masonic ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Masonic to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Masonic was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Masonic post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Masonic.

The official website for Mono County: www.monocounty.ca.gov/

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

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 Masonic, 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 Mono, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Masonic area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Masonic 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>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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