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Welcome to Zurich (aka 'Zurich Station') ...

So far, we found very little information about Zurich. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Zurich to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Zurich, please Contact Us.

Zurich would have been located within present day Inyo County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Zurich, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Zurich is 3,930 feet [1,198 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Zurich is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Zurich was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Zurich was located: 760 & 442<4>

The community of Zurich has also been called Zurich Station. Going back to its beginning, Zurich was originally named Alvord<5>. For more information about the names of Zurich, see The Names of Zurich on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Zurich ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Zurich - they are located in Kansas, Montana, New York and Ontario.

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

Communities near Zurich ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Zurich to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Zurich 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 Zurich was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Zurich mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Zurich.

The official website for Inyo County: www.inyocounty.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Zurich, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Inyo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Zurich - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 760 code has been Overlayed with the 442 area code. New phone numbers in the Zurich area will be assigned with one of these codes: 760 or 442. As a result, placing a call in the Zurich area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>Zurich is also known as Zurich Station. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Zurich.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<8>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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