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Welcome to Poleta ...

So far, we found very little information about Poleta. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Poleta to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Poleta, please Contact Us.

Poleta would have been located within present day Inyo County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Poleta, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Poleta is 4,050 feet [1,234 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Poleta is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Poleta was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Poleta was located: 760 & 442<4>

Communities Also Named Poleta ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Poleta - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near Poleta ...

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

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Poleta. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Poleta.

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

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

Adding Poleta to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Poleta 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 for Poleta was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Poleta post office opened in 1895.

We also found Poleta in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Poleta.

The official website for Inyo County: www.inyocounty.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

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 Poleta, 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 Inyo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Poleta - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Poleta area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Poleta area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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