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Welcome to Laguna ...

Laguna is located in Yuma County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Laguna, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Laguna is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Laguna lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Laguna and travel west, you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Area Code for Laguna: 928

Communities Also Named Laguna ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arizona communities named Laguna: This one is located in Yuma County and the other is located in Pinal County.

Beyond Arizona, there are 9 communities that are also named Laguna - they are located in California (4), New Mexico (2), Texas and Utah.

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

Communities near Laguna ...

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

  • Yuma
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Yuma is located in Yuma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yuma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99,811 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yuma <3>
  • Bard
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Fort Laguna ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Fort Laguna is located in Yuma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Laguna
  • Dome ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dome is located in Yuma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dome
  • Araby
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Araby is located in Yuma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Araby
  • Castle Dome Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Castle Dome Landing is located in Yuma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Dome Landing
  • Fishers Landing
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Fishers Landing is located in Yuma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishers Landing
  • Martinez Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Martinez Lake is located in Yuma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez Lake
  • Winterhaven
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Fortuna Foothills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Fortuna Foothills is located in Yuma County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fortuna Foothills

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Laguna ...

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

Adding Laguna to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Laguna 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 Laguna was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Laguna post office opened in 1909. The Laguna post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Laguna.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Yuma, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Laguna - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/