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Welcome to Skidoo ...

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

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

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

Skidoo was founded in 1906.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Skidoo is 5,680 feet [1,731 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Skidoo is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

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

Communities near Skidoo ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Skidoo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Skidoo post office opened in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Skidoo.

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 Skidoo, 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 Skidoo - 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 Skidoo area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Skidoo area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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