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Welcome to Plaster City ...

Plaster City is located in Imperial County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Plaster City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1924.

Plaster City is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Plaster City: 760 & 442<3>

Communities near Plaster City ...

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

  • El Centro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Imperial
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Ocotillo
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Seeley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Dos Cabezas ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Dos Cabezas is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dos Cabezas
  • Heber
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Titus ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Titus is located in San Diego County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titus
  • Westmorland
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Brawley
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Calexico
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Plaster City ...

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

Adding Plaster City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Plaster City post office opened in 1924. The Plaster City post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Plaster City.

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 Plaster City - 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 Plaster City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Plaster City 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/