Welcome to Sonora ...So far, we found very little information about Sonora. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sonora to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Sonora - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Sonora, please Contact Us. While we don't have the exact location of Sonora , we believe that it would have been located within present day Poweshiek County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sonora, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. Time Zone: The area where Sonora was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Sonora ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Sonora - they are located in Arizona (2), Arkansas, California, Illinois, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sonora. Adding Sonora to Our Gazetteer ...The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Sonora was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> We also found Sonora in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Sonora. Footnotes ...
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