Welcome to Point Loma ...

Point Loma is located in San Diego County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Point Loma, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

A typical abbreviation for Point Loma: Pt. Loma

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

Communities Also Named Point Loma ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Point Loma - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Point Loma ...

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

• San Diego
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Diego
  • San Diego is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,422,420 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Diego <2>
• Chula Vista
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula Vista
  • Chula Vista is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 272,979 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chula Vista <2>
• El Cajon
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Cajon
  • El Cajon is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,401 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for El Cajon <2>
• National City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National City
  • National City is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,932 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for National City <2>
• La Mesa
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Mesa
  • La Mesa is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,724 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Mesa <2>
• Santee
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santee
  • Santee is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,770 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santee <2>
• Imperial Beach
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial Beach
  • Imperial Beach is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,325 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Imperial Beach <2>
• Lemon Grove
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemon Grove
  • Lemon Grove is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,528 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lemon Grove <2>
• Coronado
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coronado
  • Coronado is located in San Diego County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,647 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coronado <2>
• Solana Beach
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • 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 <2>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Point Loma ...

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

Adding Point Loma to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Point Loma in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Point Loma was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Point Loma post office opened in 1893.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Point Loma.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Point Loma. 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/