Welcome to Halcyon ...

Halcyon is located in San Luis Obispo County<1>.

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

Halcyon was established in 1898.

Halcyon is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Halcyon lies within the (805) area code.

Communities Also Named Halcyon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Halcyon - they are located in Alabama, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Halcyon ...

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

• Santa Maria
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Maria
  • Santa Maria is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 105,851 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Maria <4>
• San Luis Obispo
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Luis Obispo
  • San Luis Obispo is located in San Luis Obispo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,590 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Luis Obispo <4>
• Guadalupe
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
  • Guadalupe is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,140 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guadalupe <4>
• Pismo Beach
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pismo Beach
  • Pismo Beach is located in San Luis Obispo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,955 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pismo Beach <4>
• Shell Beach
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shell Beach
  • Shell Beach is located in San Luis Obispo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shell Beach <4>
• Nipomo
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipomo
  • Nipomo is located in San Luis Obispo County
  • Nipomo has also been known as:
  • Nipoma
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nipomo <4>
• San Miguelito
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Miguelito have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguelito
  • San Miguelito is located in San Luis Obispo County
• Avila Beach
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avila Beach
  • Avila Beach is located in San Luis Obispo County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avila Beach <4>
• Port San Luis
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port San Luis
  • Port San Luis is located in San Luis Obispo County
• Betteravia
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betteravia
  • Betteravia is located in Santa Barbara County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Halcyon ...

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

Adding Halcyon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Halcyon 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 Halcyon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Halcyon post office opened in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Halcyon.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for San Luis Obispo County: www.co.slo.ca.us/

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