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Welcome to Paicines ...

Paicines is located in San Benito County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Paicines, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Paicines is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Paicines: 831

The ZIP code for Paicines: 95043<3>

Communities near Paicines ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Paicines ...

Looking for more information about Paicines? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Paicines, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Paicines.

Adding Paicines to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Paicines post office opened in 1874.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Paicines.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Benito, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Paicines - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Paicines). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Paicines or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/