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Welcome to Rawhide ...

Rawhide is located in Tuolumne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rawhide, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Rawhide is 1,580 feet [482 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rawhide: 209 & 350<3>

Communities Also Named Rawhide ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Rawhide: This one is located in Tuolumne County and the other is located in Placer County.

Beyond California, there are 7 communities that are also named Rawhide - they are located in Kentucky, Mississippi (2), Nebraska, Nevada and Virginia.

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

Websites for Rawhide ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.tcchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Rawhide, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Rawhide ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rawhide ...

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

Adding Rawhide to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rawhide post office opened in 1904. The Rawhide post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rawhide.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Tuolumne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rawhide - 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 Rawhide area will be assigned with one of these codes: 209 or 350. As a result, placing a call in the Rawhide 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/