Welcome to May ...

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

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

May would have been located within present day Amador County<2>.

The location of May has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for May is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The location where May once stood is in the (209) area code.

Communities Also Named May ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named May: This one is located in Amador County and the other is located in Riverside County.

Beyond California, there are 19 communities that are also named May - they are located in Arkansas (2), Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near May ...

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

• Elk Grove
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
  • Elk Grove is located in Sacramento County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 166,913 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Grove <5>
• Folsom
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • 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 <5>
• Rancho Cordova
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Cordova
  • Rancho Cordova is located in Sacramento County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 71,017 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rancho Cordova <5>
• Galt
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
  • Galt is located in Sacramento County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,551 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <5>
• Ione
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
  • Ione is located in Amador County
  • 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
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
  • Jackson is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,973 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <5>
• Sutter Creek
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutter Creek
  • Sutter Creek is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,688 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sutter Creek <5>
• Plymouth
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Plymouth is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <5>
• Amador City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amador City
  • Amador City is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amador City <5>
• Rancho Murieta
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Murieta
  • Rancho Murieta is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rancho Murieta <5>

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

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

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

Adding May to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of May in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for May was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

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

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for May.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Amador County: www.co.amador.ca.us/

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