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Welcome to Terminous ...

Terminous is located in San Joaquin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Terminous, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Terminous is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Terminous: 209 & 350<3>

Communities near Terminous ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Terminous ...

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

Adding Terminous to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Terminous post office opened in 1895. The Terminous post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Terminous.

Footnotes ...

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