Welcome to Piute ...
So far, we found very little information about Piute. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Piute to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Piute, please Contact Us.
Piute would have been located within present day Kern County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Piute, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Piute is 5,010 feet [1,527 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Piute is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Piute was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Piute ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Piute - it's located in Nevada.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Piute.
Communities near Piute ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Piute.
- Tehachapi
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Claraville
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Claraville is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claraville
- Havilah
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Havilah is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havilah
- Sageland ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sageland is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sageland
- Bodfish
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Caliente
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Miracle Hot Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Miracle Hot Springs is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miracle Hot Springs
- Former name for Miracle Hot Springs:
- Hobo Hot Springs
- Miracle Hot Springs has also been known as:
- Air Compress Springs
- Clear Creek Hot Springs
- Compressor Hot Springs
- Silver City ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Silver City is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Bealville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bealville is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bealville
- Girard ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Girard is located in Kern County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
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 Piute. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Piute.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Piute. 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 Piute.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Piute. See our Newspapers Page for Piute.
Adding Piute to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Piute in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Piute was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Piute post office opened in 1875. The Piute post office closed in 1918.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Piute.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Piute, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Kern, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Piute - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <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/ |