Welcome to Ballard ...

Ballard is located in Santa Barbara County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ballard, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

Ballard is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

The telephone area code for Ballard: (805)

Communities Also Named Ballard ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Ballard - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah (2), Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Ballard ...

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

• Lompoc
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • 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 <3>
• Solvang
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solvang
  • Solvang is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,556 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Solvang <3>
• Buellton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • 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 <3>
• Cachuma Village
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cachuma Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cachuma Village
  • Cachuma Village is located in Santa Barbara County
• Los Alamos
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • 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 <3>
• Capitan
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitan
  • Capitan is located in Santa Barbara County
• Naples ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
  • Naples is located in Santa Barbara County
• Mission Hills
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mission Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
  • Mission Hills is located in Santa Barbara County
• Garey
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garey
  • Garey is located in Santa Barbara County
• Isla Vista
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isla Vista
  • Isla Vista is located in Santa Barbara County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Isla Vista <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ballard ...

Looking for more information about Ballard? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Ballard, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Ballard.

Adding Ballard to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ballard post office opened in 1881.

We also found Ballard in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ballard.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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