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Welcome to Picacho ...

Picacho is located in Imperial County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Picacho, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Picacho is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Picacho (for example, toward Yuma (AZ)), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

Area Codes for Picacho: 760 & 442<3>

Communities Also Named Picacho ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Picacho: This one is located in Imperial County and the other is located in San Diego County.

Beyond California, there are 4 communities that are also named Picacho - they are located in Arizona and New Mexico (2).

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

Communities near Picacho ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Picacho ...

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

Adding Picacho to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Picacho post office opened in 1894. The Picacho post office closed in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Picacho.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Imperial, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Picacho - 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 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Picacho area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Picacho 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/