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Welcome to Pentz ...

Pentz is located in Butte County<1>.

Pentz was established in 1850.

Pentz is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pentz: 530 & 837<3>

Communities Also Named Pentz ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pentz - it's located in Nova Scotia.

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

Communities near Pentz ...

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

  • Chico
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Chico is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,867 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chico <4>
  • Oroville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Paradise
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Bigg's
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Oregon City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Oregon City is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon City
    • Former name for Oregon City:
    • Bloomingdale
  • Concow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Concow is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concow
  • Big Bend
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Big Bend is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
  • Longs Bar ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Longs Bar is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs Bar
  • Berry Creek
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Bidwell ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bidwell is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bidwell

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pentz ...

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

Adding Pentz to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pentz post office opened in 1864. The Pentz post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pentz.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Butte, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pentz - 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 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Pentz area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Pentz 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/