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Welcome to Salmon Falls ...

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

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

Salmon Falls would have been located within present day El Dorado County<2>.

Salmon Falls was established in 1850. The community was inundated by Folsom Lake.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Salmon Falls is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities Also Named Salmon Falls ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Salmon Falls - they are located in Idaho, Maine (2) and New Hampshire.

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

Websites for Salmon Falls ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.eldoradocounty.org/

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

Communities near Salmon Falls ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Salmon Falls to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Salmon Falls 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 Salmon Falls was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Salmon Falls post office opened in 1851.

We also found Salmon Falls in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Salmon Falls.

The official website for El Dorado County: www.co.el-dorado.ca.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 Salmon Falls, 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 El Dorado, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Salmon Falls - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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.
<6>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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