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Welcome to Sanborn ...

Sanborn is located in Wakulla County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sanborn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Sanborn is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Sanborn lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Sanborn (for example, toward Wewahitchka), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Sanborn: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named Sanborn ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Sanborn - they are located in California, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada (2), New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Texas and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Sanborn ...

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

  • Carrabelle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Sopchoppy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Curtis Mill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Curtis Mill is located in Wakulla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Mill
  • Lanark Village
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Panacea
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Saint Teresa
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Crawfordville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Central City
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Central City is located in Liberty County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central City
  • Wakulla Springs
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Sumatra
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sanborn ...

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

Adding Sanborn to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sanborn post office opened in 1908. The Sanborn post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sanborn.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Wakulla, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sanborn - 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 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Sanborn area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Sanborn 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/