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Welcome to Naples ...

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

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

Naples would have been located within present day Santa Barbara County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Naples, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Naples is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Naples was located: 805 & 820<4>

Communities Also Named Naples ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Naples: This one is located in Santa Barbara County and the other is located in Los Angeles County.

Beyond California, there are 15 communities that are also named Naples - they are located in Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Virginia.

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

Communities near Naples ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Naples to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Naples 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 (so far) for Naples was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Naples post office opened in 1890. The Naples post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Naples.

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 Naples, 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 Santa Barbara, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Naples - 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 805 code has been Overlayed with the 820 area code. New phone numbers in the Naples area will be assigned with one of these codes: 805 or 820. As a result, placing a call in the Naples 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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