Do you know of Tunitas ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Tunitas. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Tunitas.<1>

Our sources wasn't clear whether Tunitas was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Tunitas would be found somewhere in San Mateo County, California.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Tunitas ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Tunitas:

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2002
(Available from Amazon.com)

Nevada County Narrow Gauge Employees' Time Table (February 1938)
Published by the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad

The FIPS database contains an entry for Tunitas.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 06/80728   (Place Name: Tunitas)

County: San Mateo     (FIPS State/County: 06/081)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Tunitas) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  San Mateo County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in San Mateo County.