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Welcome to Towle ...

Towle is located in Placer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Towle, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Towle is 3,690 feet [1,125 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Towle is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Towle: 530 & 837<3>

Communities Also Named Towle ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Towle - it's located in Arkansas.

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

Communities near Towle ...

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

  • Grass Valley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Nevada City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Colfax
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Secret Town
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Secret Town is located in Placer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Secret Town
  • You Bet ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • You Bet is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for You Bet
  • Iowa Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Scotts Flat
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Scotts Flat is located in Nevada County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Flat
  • Bear Valley ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Bear Valley is located in Shasta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
  • Chicago Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Emigrant Gap
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Towle ...

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

Adding Towle to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Towle post office opened in 1891. The Towle post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Towle.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Placer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Towle - 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 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Towle area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Towle 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/