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Welcome to Kinzua ...

So far, we found very little information about Kinzua. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Kinzua to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Kinzua, please Contact Us.

Kinzua would have been located within present day Wheeler County<2>.

Kinzua was established in 1927.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Kinzua is 3,400 feet [1,036 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Kinzua is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Kinzua was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Kinzua was located: 541 & 458<4>

Communities Also Named Kinzua ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Kinzua - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Kinzua ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Kinzua to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Kinzua 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 Kinzua was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Kinzua post office opened in 1928. The Kinzua post office closed in 1981.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kinzua.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Kinzua, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Wheeler, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Kinzua - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Kinzua area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Kinzua area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/