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Welcome to Oro Fino ...

Oro Fino is located in Siskiyou County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oro Fino, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1861.

Oro Fino is 2,870 feet [875 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Oro Fino is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Oro Fino: 530

Communities near Oro Fino ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oro Fino ...

Looking for more information about Oro Fino? 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 Oro Fino, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oro Fino.

Adding Oro Fino to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oro Fino 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 Oro Fino was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

X2X - From that list, the Oro Fino post office opened in 1861.

We also found Oro Fino in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oro Fino.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oro Fino. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Siskiyou County: www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Siskiyou, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oro Fino - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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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