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Welcome to Willow Ranch ...

Willow Ranch is located in Modoc County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Willow Ranch, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1871.

A typical abbreviation for Willow Ranch: Willow Rnch.

Willow Ranch is 4,730 feet [1,442 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Willow Ranch is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Willow Ranch: 530 & 837<3>

Communities near Willow Ranch ...

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

  • Lakeview
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Fairport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
    • Fairport is located in Modoc County
  • New Pine Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Pine Creek
    • New Pine Creek is located in Modoc County
  • New Pine Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Davis Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Fort Bidwell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Lake City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Cedarville
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Alturas
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alturas
    • Alturas is located in Modoc County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,542 people
    • Former name for Alturas:
    • Dorrisville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alturas <4>
  • Adel
    (30 miles [48.3 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 Willow Ranch. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Willow Ranch.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Willow Ranch ...

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

Adding Willow Ranch to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Willow Ranch post office opened in 1871. The Willow Ranch post office closed in 1976.

We also found Willow Ranch

For more details, see References and Mentions for Willow Ranch.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Modoc, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Willow Ranch - 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 Willow Ranch area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Willow Ranch 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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/