Welcome to Arlight ...

Arlight is located in Santa Barbara County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arlight, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1917.

Arlight is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Arlight is within the boundaries of the (805) area code.

Communities near Arlight ...

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

• Lompoc
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lompoc
  • Lompoc is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 42,253 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lompoc <4>
• Lompoc Landing ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lompoc Landing. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lompoc Landing
  • Lompoc Landing is located in Santa Barbara County
• Lompoc Village
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lompoc Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lompoc Village
  • Lompoc Village is located in Santa Barbara County
• Mission Hills
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
  • Mission Hills is located in Santa Barbara County
• Vandenberg Village
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vandenberg Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandenberg Village
  • Vandenberg Village is located in Santa Barbara County
• Casmalia
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casmalia
  • Casmalia is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Casmalia <4>
• Orcutt
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orcutt
  • Orcutt is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orcutt <4>
• Los Alamos
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alamos
  • Los Alamos is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Los Alamos <4>
• Betteravia
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betteravia
  • Betteravia is located in Santa Barbara County
• Buellton
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buellton
  • Buellton is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 5,082 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buellton <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arlight ...

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

Adding Arlight to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Arlight post office opened in 1917.

We also found Arlight mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arlight.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Santa Barbara County: www.countyofsb.org/

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