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Welcome to Telegraph City ...

Telegraph City is located in Calaveras County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Telegraph City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862.

Telegraph City is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Telegraph City: 209 & 350<3>

Communities near Telegraph City ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Telegraph City ...

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

Adding Telegraph City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Telegraph City post office opened in 1862. The Telegraph City post office closed in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Telegraph City.

Footnotes ...

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