Welcome to Escondido Junction ...

Escondido Junction is located in San Diego County<1>.

The location of Escondido Junction has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Escondido Junction, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Escondido Junction: Escondido Jct. (or less commonly used: Escondido Jctn.)

Escondido Junction is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Escondido Junction lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Escondido Junction: (760) and (442)<4>

Communities near Escondido Junction ...

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

• Escondido
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondido
  • Escondido is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 149,943 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Escondido <5>
• Vista
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista
  • Vista is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 100,636 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vista <5>
• San Marcos
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Marcos
  • San Marcos is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 97,477 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Marcos <5>
• Encinitas
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encinitas
  • Encinitas is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,671 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Encinitas <5>
• Solana Beach
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solana Beach
  • Solana Beach is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,190 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solana Beach <5>
• Del Mar
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Mar
  • Del Mar is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,304 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Del Mar <5>
• San Luis Rey
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Luis Rey
  • San Luis Rey is located in San Diego County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Luis Rey <5>
• Leucadia
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leucadia
  • Leucadia is located in San Diego County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leucadia <5>
• Lake San Marcos
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake San Marcos have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake San Marcos
  • Lake San Marcos is located in San Diego County
• Bonsall
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonsall
  • Bonsall is located in San Diego County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bonsall <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Escondido Junction ...

Looking for more information about Escondido Junction? 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 Escondido Junction, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Escondido Junction.

Adding Escondido Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Escondido Junction 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 for Escondido Junction was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Escondido Junction.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Escondido Junction. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for San Diego County: www.sdcounty.ca.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/