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Welcome to Mercuryville ...

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

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

Mercuryville would have been located within present day Sonoma County<2>.

Mercuryville was founded in 1874.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mercuryville is 2,710 feet [826 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Mercuryville is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

The Area Codes where Mercuryville was located: 707 & 369<4>

Communities near Mercuryville ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Mercuryville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Mercuryville post office opened in 1874.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mercuryville.

The official website for Sonoma County: www.sonoma-county.org/

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 Mercuryville, 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 Sonoma, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mercuryville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Mercuryville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 707 or 369. As a result, placing a call in the Mercuryville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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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