Welcome to California ...
Although we found mention of California during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how California was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We've added California to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with California, please Contact Us.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that California might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: EST- Heure Normale de l'Est (HNE), EDT- Heure Avancée de l'Est (HAE).
We believe that California would be found within the (613) and (343)<2> area codes.
Communities Also Named California ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named California - they are located in Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland (2), Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina (4), Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (4) and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for California.
Communities near California ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near California.
- Mississippi Mills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Carleton Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Arnprior
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brightside
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brightside came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brightside
- Cedardale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Bullock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bullock came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullock
- Clayton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
- Lloyd
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lloyd came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyd
- Hopetown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopetown
- Lammermoor
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lammermoor came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lammermoor
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for California ...
Looking for more information about California? 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 California, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for California.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past California and then turned west". While California could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added California as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that California could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Area code (343) is an overlay for area code (613). |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |