Welcome to Capistrano Beach ...

Capistrano Beach is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Capistrano Beach, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1925.

A typical abbreviation for Capistrano Beach: Capistrano Bch.

Capistrano Beach is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Capistrano Beach: 949

The ZIP code for Capistrano Beach: 92624<3>

Websites for Capistrano Beach ...

Junior League:   www.jlocc.org/

Communities near Capistrano Beach ...

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

• Irvine
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
  • Irvine is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 283,700 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Irvine <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Irvine
  • From Capistrano Beach to Irvine
• Costa Mesa
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
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  • Costa Mesa is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 112,366 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Costa Mesa <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Costa Mesa
  • From Capistrano Beach to Costa Mesa
• Mission Viejo
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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  • Mission Viejo is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,242 people
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  • Google driving directions:
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  • From Capistrano Beach to Mission Viejo
• Newport Beach
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
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  • Newport Beach is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 86,834 people
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Newport Beach
  • From Capistrano Beach to Newport Beach
• Lake Forest
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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  • Lake Forest is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,329 people
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• Laguna Niguel
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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  • Laguna Niguel is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,569 people
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• San Clemente
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
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  • San Clemente is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 64,551 people
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  • From Capistrano Beach to San Clemente
• Aliso Viejo
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
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  • Aliso Viejo is located in Orange County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 50,195 people
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  • Google driving directions:
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  • From Capistrano Beach to Aliso Viejo
• Rancho Santa Margarita
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
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  • Rancho Santa Margarita is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 47,569 people
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  • From Capistrano Beach to Rancho Santa Margarita
• Laguna Hills
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
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  • Laguna Hills is located in Orange County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 31,748 people
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  • From your current location to Laguna Hills
  • From Capistrano Beach to Laguna Hills

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Capistrano Beach ...

Looking for more information about Capistrano Beach? 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 Capistrano Beach, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Capistrano Beach.

Adding Capistrano Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Capistrano Beach post office opened in 1925.

We also found Capistrano Beach on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for California (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Capistrano Beach.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Orange County: www.oc.ca.gov/

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