Welcome to Canyon City ...So far, we found very little information about Canyon City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Canyon City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Canyon City, please Contact Us. Canyon City would have been located within present day Lander County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Canyon City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1863. While the community is gone, the present day location for Canyon City is 6,670 feet [2,033 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Canyon City is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Canyon City was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Canyon City was located: 775 Communities Also Named Canyon City ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Canyon City - they are located in Alaska, British Columbia, California, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas and Yukon. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Canyon City. Communities near Canyon City ...We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Canyon City.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Canyon City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Canyon City. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Canyon City. 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 Canyon City. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Canyon City. See our Newspapers Page for Canyon City. Adding Canyon City to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Canyon City 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 Canyon City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Canyon City. Footnotes ...
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