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Welcome to Northspur ...

Northspur is located in Mendocino County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Northspur, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Northspur is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Northspur lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Northspur: 707 & 369<3>

Communities near Northspur ...

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

  • Fort Bragg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Willits
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Shake City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Shake City is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shake City
  • Soda Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Soda Springs is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
  • Comptche
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Inglenook
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Inglenook is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inglenook
  • Noyo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Noyo is located in Mendocino County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noyo
  • Caspar
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Mendocino
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Branscomb
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Northspur ...

Looking for more information about Northspur? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Northspur, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Northspur.

Adding Northspur to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Northspur post office opened in 1910. The Northspur post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Northspur.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Mendocino, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Northspur - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 707 code has been Overlayed with the 369 area code. New phone numbers in the Northspur area will be assigned with one of these codes: 707 or 369. As a result, placing a call in the Northspur 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>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/