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Welcome to Swansea (aka 'Swansea Landing') ...So far, we found very little information about Swansea. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Swansea to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Swansea, please Contact Us. Swansea would have been located within present day Inyo County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Swansea, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Swansea is 3,660 feet [1,116 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Swansea is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Swansea was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Swansea once stood is in the (760) & (442)<4> area codes. The community of Swansea has also been called Swansea Landing. Communities Also Named Swansea ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Swansea - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, British Columbia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nevada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario and South Carolina. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Swansea. Communities near Swansea ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Swansea.
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 Swansea. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Swansea. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Swansea. 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 Swansea. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Swansea. See our Newspapers Page for Swansea. Adding Swansea to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Swansea 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 Swansea was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Swansea. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Inyo County: www.inyocounty.us/ The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/ Footnotes ...
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