Welcome to Prize ...
So far, we found very little information about Prize. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Prize to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Prize, please Contact Us.
Prize would have been located within present day Colusa County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Prize, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Prize is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Prize was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Prize was located: 530 & 837<4>
Communities near Prize ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Prize.
- Colusa
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Williams
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Genevra
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Genevra is located in Colusa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Genevra
- Grimes
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Harrington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Harrington is located in Colusa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrington
- Meridian
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hershey
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Hershey is located in Yolo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hershey
- Tarke
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tarke is located in Sutter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarke
- Dunnigan
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Colusa Rancheria
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Colusa Rancheria is located in Colusa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colusa Rancheria
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 Prize. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prize.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Prize. 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 Prize.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Prize. See our Newspapers Page for Prize.
Adding Prize to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Prize 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 Prize was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Prize post office opened in 1900. The Prize post office closed in 1919.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Prize.
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 Prize, 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 Colusa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Prize - 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 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Prize area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Prize 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> | 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/ |