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Welcome to Nipinnawasee ...

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

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


Nipinnawasee would have been located within present day Madera County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nipinnawasee, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1912.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Nipinnawasee is 2,920 feet [890 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Nipinnawasee is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Nipinnawasee was located: 559

Communities near Nipinnawasee ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Nipinnawasee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Nipinnawasee 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 Nipinnawasee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Nipinnawasee post office opened in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nipinnawasee.

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 Nipinnawasee, 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 Madera, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nipinnawasee - 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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