Welcome to Sombrio ...So far, we found very little information about Sombrio. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sombrio to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sombrio, please Contact Us. Sombrio would have been located within present day Guadalupe County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sombrio, you might consider that their post office opened in 1936. While the community is gone, the present day location for Sombrio is 5,360 feet [1,634 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Sombrio is 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Sombrio was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Sombrio was located: 575 Communities near Sombrio ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sombrio.
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 Sombrio. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sombrio. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sombrio. 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 Sombrio. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sombrio. See our Newspapers Page for Sombrio. Adding Sombrio to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sombrio in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Sombrio was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Sombrio. Footnotes ...
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