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Welcome to Plainsburg ...

Plainsburg is located in Merced County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Plainsburg, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Plainsburg is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Plainsburg: 209 & 350<3>

Communities Also Named Plainsburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Plainsburg - it's located in Ohio.

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

Communities near Plainsburg ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Plainsburg ...

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

Adding Plainsburg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Plainsburg 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 Plainsburg was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Plainsburg.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Merced, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Plainsburg - 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 209 code has been Overlayed with the 350 area code. New phone numbers in the Plainsburg area will be assigned with one of these codes: 209 or 350. As a result, placing a call in the Plainsburg 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.