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Welcome to Pinon Hills ...

Pinon Hills is located in San Bernardino County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pinon Hills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1962.

Pinon Hills is 4,170 feet [1,271 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Pinon Hills is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Pinon Hills: 760 & 442<3>

The ZIP code for Pinon Hills: 92372<4>

Communities near Pinon Hills ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pinon Hills ...

Looking for more information about Pinon Hills? 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 Pinon Hills, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Pinon Hills.

Adding Pinon Hills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pinon Hills 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 Pinon Hills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Pinon Hills post office opened in 1962.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pinon Hills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Bernardino, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pinon Hills - 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 Pinon Hills area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Pinon Hills area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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 Pinon Hills). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Pinon Hills or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/